Usually means: Looking back at past events.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 43 dictionaries that define the word Retrospective:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. retrospective: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. retrospective: Merriam-Webster
  3. retrospective: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. retrospective: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. retrospective: Collins English Dictionary
  6. retrospective: Vocabulary.com
  7. Retrospective, retrospective: Wordnik
  8. retrospective: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. retrospective: Wiktionary
  10. retrospective: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. retrospective: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. retrospective: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. retrospective: Dictionary.com
  14. retrospective: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Retrospective (Bunny Wailer album), Retrospective (Indigo Girls album), Retrospective (Monkey House album), Retrospective (Red House Painters album), Retrospective (Rosanne Cash album), Retrospective: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Retrospective: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. retrospective: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. retrospective: Rhymezone
  19. Retrospective: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. retrospective: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. retrospective: FreeDictionary.org
  22. retrospective: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. retrospective: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. retrospective: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. retrospective: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. retrospective: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  4. RETROSPECTIVE: Accounting Glossary
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  7. retrospective: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. retrospective: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. retrospective: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Retrospective: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Lay Terms for Consent Forms (No longer online)
  5. retrospective: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  6. retrospective: Medical dictionary
  7. Retrospective: Drug Medical Dictionary
  8. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. retrospective: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See retrospectively as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (retrospective)

▸ adjective:  Of, relating to, or contemplating the past.
▸ adjective:  Looking backwards.
▸ adjective:  Affecting or influencing past things; retroactive.
▸ noun:  An exhibition of works from an extended period of an artist's activity.

Similar:
retroactive, ex post facto, review, retro, retrocognitive, historical, retrogressive, hindsightly, retrodictive, retrograde, more...

Opposite:
prospective

Types:
historical, introspective, reflective, backward-looking, nostalgic, reminiscent, recollective, reminiscential, more...

Phrases:
retrospective study, retrospective studies, retrospective review, retrospective effect, retrospective voting, more...

Adjectives:
major, year, first, historical, large, personal, brief, critical, recent, comprehensive, important

Colors:
    sepia,     mustard,     olive,     burnt sienna,     teal, more...



▸ Words similar to Retrospective

▸ Usage examples for Retrospective

▸ Idioms related to Retrospective

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular adjectives describing Retrospective

▸ Popular nouns described by Retrospective

▸ Words that often appear near Retrospective

▸ Rhymes of Retrospective

▸ Invented words related to Retrospective

Similar:
retroactive, ex post facto, review, retro, retrocognitive, historical, retrogressive, hindsightly, retrodictive, retrograde, more...

Opposite:
prospective

Types:
historical, introspective, reflective, backward-looking, nostalgic, reminiscent, recollective, reminiscential, more...

Phrases:
retrospective study, retrospective studies, retrospective review, retrospective effect, retrospective voting, Retrospective diagnosis, retrospective memory, retrospective falsification, retrospective audit, more...

Adjectives:
major, year, first, historical, large, personal, brief, critical, recent, comprehensive, important

Colors:
    sepia,     mustard,     olive,     burnt sienna,     teal, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "Retrospective" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux