Synonyms for progressive

Synonyms for (noun) progressive

Synonyms: progressive, liberal, liberalist

Definition: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

Similar words: adult, grownup

Definition: a fully developed person from maturity onward


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 for (adj) progressive

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

Similar words: increasing

Definition: becoming greater or larger

Usage: increasing prices


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