progressive

/pɹəɡɹˈɛsɪv/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. favoring or promoting progress
   “progressive schools”
2. favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
3. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
4. gradually advancing in extent
5. (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position
   “progressive euchre”
6. advancing in severity
   “progressive paralysis”

noun

1. a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
2. a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

Synonyms for progressive

• advanced
• advancing
• modernized
• state-of-the-art
• reformist
• reform-minded
• liberal
• degressive
• increasing
• ordered
• active
• progressive tense
• imperfect
• imperfect tense
• continuous tense
• liberalist

Antonyms of progressive

• regressive

Words that rhyme with progressive

• possessive
• aggressive
• recessive
• excessive
• impressive
• obsessive
• oppressive
• regressive
• depressive
• expressive
• repressive
• successive
• unimpressive