English Synonym Finder

retroactively

Definitions

With effect from a date in the past.

Applying to events or conditions that occurred before the present time.

Examples

The company decided to retroactively apply the new policy to all employees hired since the beginning of the year.

The law was amended to retroactively grant tax benefits to small businesses that had struggled during the recession.

Synonyms

ex post facto retrospectively in retrospect with backdated effect

Antonyms

prospectively in advance forward-looking preemptively