Synonyms: progressive, liberal, liberalist
Definition: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
Synonyms: progressive, progressive tense, continuous tense, imperfect, imperfect tense
Definition: a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
Similar words: tense
Definition: a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
Synonyms: progressive
Definition: advancing in severity
Usage: progressive paralysis
Similar words: active
Definition: tending to become more severe or wider in scope
Usage: active tuberculosis
Synonyms: progressive, reform-minded, reformist
Definition: favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
Similar words: liberal
Definition: tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
Synonyms: progressive
Definition: (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position
Usage: progressive euchre; progressive tournaments
Similar words: ordered
Definition: having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule
Usage: an ordered sequence
Synonyms: progressive
Definition: favoring or promoting progress
Usage: progressive schools
Similar words: modern, advanced, forward-looking, innovative
Definition: ahead of the times
Usage: the advanced teaching methods; had advanced views on the subject; a forward-looking corporation; is British industry innovative enough?
Similar words: forward, forward-moving, advancing
Definition: moving forward
Similar words: modernised, modernized
Definition: brought up to date
Usage: modernized methods
Similar words: state-of-the-art
Definition: the highest level of development at a particular time (especially the present time)
Usage: state-of-the-art technology
Synonyms: progressive
Definition: (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
Similar words: degressive
Definition: (of taxes) gradually decreasing in rate on sums below a certain amount
Synonyms: progressive
Definition: gradually advancing in extent