Main entry: forward motion, procession, progress, progression, onward motion, advance, advancement
Definition: the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
Antonyms: retreat
Definition: the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)
Main entry: advance, get along, get on, progress, come along, come on, shape up
Definition: develop in a positive way
Usage: He progressed well in school; My plants are coming along; Plans are shaping up
Antonyms: regress, retrograde, retrogress
Definition: get worse or fall back to a previous condition
Main entry: go on, advance, march on, progress, move on, pass on
Definition: move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
Usage: Time marches on
Antonyms: retire, retreat, pull away, pull back, recede, withdraw, draw back, move back
Definition: pull back or move away or backward
Main entry: advance, bring forward
Definition: cause to move forward
Usage: Can you move the car seat forward?
Antonyms: back
Definition: cause to travel backward
Main entry: make headway, win, pull ahead, get ahead, gain, gain ground, advance
Definition: obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
Usage: The home team was gaining ground; After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference
Antonyms: drop off, recede, lose, fall back, fall behind
Definition: retreat
Main entry: upgrade, raise, promote, elevate, kick upstairs, advance
Definition: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
Usage: John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired; Women tend not to advance in the major law firms; I got promoted after many years of hard work
Antonyms: demote, kick downstairs, relegate, break, bump
Definition: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
Main entry: in advance, advance, advanced
Definition: situated ahead or going before
Usage: an advance party; at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies
Definition: the side that goes last or is not normally seen
Antonyms: rear, back end, backside
Definition: the side of an object that is opposite its front
Definition: the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
Antonyms: back
Definition: be in back of
Antonyms: back
Definition: related to or located at the back
Main entry: advance, beforehand
Definition: being ahead of time or need
Usage: gave advance warning; was beforehand with her report
Antonyms: middle
Definition: between an earlier and a later period of time
Antonyms: late
Definition: being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
Definition: at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
Antonyms: middle
Definition: of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages
Antonyms: late
Definition: of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages
Antonyms: tardily, late, belatedly
Definition: later than usual or than expected