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Progressive

/pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/

A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.

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📖 Definitions of "Progressive"

noun

1
A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
2
(grammar) A progressive verb; a verb used the progressive tense and generally conjugated as to end in -ing.

adjective

1
Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
2
Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
3
Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods.
"a progressive politician"
4
Liberal.

🔄 Synonyms of "Progressive"

21 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
innovative	Characterized by the creation of new ideas or inventions.
activenoun	Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
forwardverb	(not comparable) Situated toward or at the front of something.
chronicnoun	Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
modernnoun	Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
increasingnoun	On the increase.
imperfectnoun	Not perfect,
advanced	At or close to the state of the art.
forward-looking	Having an interest in the future, and planning for it.
incremental	Occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps.
advancingnoun	The act of proceeding forward; an advance.
degenerative	Characterized by or causing degeneration.
reformistnoun	One who advocates reform (of an institution).
degressive	Tending to decrease.
graduated	Having a university degree; having completed training.
proportionalnoun	(mathematics) At a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first. Symbol: ∝.
imperfect tensenoun	(grammar) A tense used to describe a past action that is ongoing, incomplete or continuous, or coincident with another action.
progressive tensenoun	Synonym of continuous tense.
continuous tensenoun	(grammar) A verb tense expressing ongoing action; in English, any of the tenses formed with the present participle, namely present continuous ("I am dreaming"), past continuous ("I was dreaming"), present perfect continuous ("I have been dreaming"), past perfect continuous ("I had been dreaming"), future continuous ("I will be dreaming") or future perfect continuous ("I will have been dreaming").
forward-moving	moving forward
liberalnoun	Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.

↔️ Antonyms of "Progressive"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
regressive	That tends to return, revert or regress.
conservativistnoun	a person who has conservative ideas or opinions
conservativenoun	(politics) One who seeks to promote or preserve traditional values or institutions.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Progressive"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
reformistnoun	One who advocates reform (of an institution).
liberalnoun	Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.
graduated	Having a university degree; having completed training.
modernnoun	Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
advanced	At or close to the state of the art.
innovative	Characterized by the creation of new ideas or inventions.
progressive tensenoun	Synonym of continuous tense.
active	Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
continuous tensenoun	(grammar) A verb tense expressing ongoing action; in English, any of the tenses formed with the present participle, namely present continuous ("I am dreaming"), past continuous ("I was dreaming"), present perfect continuous ("I have been dreaming"), past perfect continuous ("I had been dreaming"), future continuous ("I will be dreaming") or future perfect continuous ("I will have been dreaming").
imperfect tensenoun	(grammar) A tense used to describe a past action that is ongoing, incomplete or continuous, or coincident with another action.
forward-looking	Having an interest in the future, and planning for it.
incremental	Occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps.
increasing	On the increase.
proportional	(mathematics) At a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first. Symbol: ∝.
advancingnoun	The act of proceeding forward; an advance.
forward	(not comparable) Situated toward or at the front of something.
chronic	Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
degressive	Tending to decrease.
degenerative	Characterized by or causing degeneration.
imperfect	Not perfect,