Synonyms for retrospect
ˈrɛ trəˌspɛktret·ro·spect

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1. retrospectnoun

   Antonyms:
   prospect

2. retrospectnoun

   To look or refer back to; to reflect on

   Antonyms:
   prospect

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1. retrospect

   Memory is the faculty by which knowledge is retained or recalled; in a more general sense, memory is a retention of knowledge within the grasp of the mind, while remembrance is the having what is known consciously before the mind. Remembrance may be voluntary or involuntary; a thing is brought to remembrance or we call it to remembrance; the same is true of memory. Recollection involves volition, the mind making a distinct effort to recall something, or fixing the attention actively upon it when recalled. Reminiscence is a half-dreamy memory of scenes or events long past; retrospection is a distinct turning of the mind back upon the past, bringing long periods under survey. Retrospection is to reminiscence much what recollection is to remembrance.

   Synonyms:
   memory, recollection, remembrance, reminiscence, retrospection

   Antonyms:
   forgetfulness, oblivion, obliviousness, oversight, unconsciousness

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1. retrospect

   Synonyms:
   review, survey, recollection, reminiscence, reconsideration

   Antonyms:
   prognostication, anticipation, speculation, forecasting, prophecy, prospect

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1. retrospectverb

   contemplation of things past

   "in retrospect"

2. review, look back, retrospectverb

   look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember

   "she reviewed her achievements with pride"

   Synonyms:
   look backward, look back, refresh, survey, go over, brush up, critique, review, reexamine

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1. retrospectnoun

   Synonyms:
   review, re-survey

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1. List of paraphrases for "retrospect":

   retrospective, hindsight, posteriori

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1. Bob Hope:

   When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things -- not the great occasions -- that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.

2. Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson:

   There's going to be anger associated, when things of this nature occur, the first thing people do is look in retrospect, what could we have done to maybe prevent this ? I know our detectives do the best they can.

3. Stefan Worrall:

   Earnings in Japan haven't been that bad, against very conservative guidance, which in retrospect was appropriate, i'm surprised there's been a failure to recognise more of the positives.

4. Malcolm Muggeridge:

   In retrospect, all these exercises in self-gratification seem pure fantasy, what Pascal called, licking the earth.

5. Dennis Hastert:

   Could we have done it better? Could the Page Board have handled it better? In retrospect, probably yes. But at that time, what we knew and what we acted upon was what we had.