Synonyms for progressive
prəˈgrɛs ɪvpro·gres·sive

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1. progressivenoun

   Antonyms:
   regressive, conservative

2. progressivenoun

   A member or supporter of a Progressive Party.

   Antonyms:
   regressive, conservative, non-progressive

3. progressiveadjective

   Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.

   Antonyms:
   conservative, regressive, non-progressive

4. progressiveadjective

   Antonyms:
   regressive, non-progressive, conservative

5. progressiveadjective

   a progressive school

   Antonyms:
   conservative, non-progressive, regressive

6. progressiveadjective

   Antonyms:
   regressive, non-progressive, conservative

7. progressiveadjective

   progressive paralysis

   Antonyms:
   non-progressive, conservative, regressive

8. progressiveadjective

   Antonyms:
   conservative, non-progressive, regressive

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1. progressive, progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, continuous tensenoun

   a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

   Synonyms:
   liberal, imperfect, liberalist, imperfect tense, progressive tense, continuous tense

   Antonyms:
   retrogressive, regressive, unmodernised, conservative, retrograde, throwback(a), returning, unordered, unmodernized, atavistic, reverting, disordered, inactive, decreasing

2. liberal, liberalist, progressiveadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   imperfect, liberalist, imperfect tense, progressive tense, liberal, continuous tense

   Antonyms:
   reverting, disordered, atavistic, returning, unmodernized, unmodernised, decreasing, unordered, retrograde, retrogressive, throwback(a), regressive, conservative, inactive

3. progressiveadjective

   favoring or promoting progress

   "progressive schools"

   Synonyms:
   reform-minded, reformist

   Antonyms:
   reverting, atavistic, regressive, unmodernised, retrogressive, retrograde, throwback(a), unordered, inactive, conservative, unmodernized, returning, decreasing, disordered

4. progressive, reformist, reform-mindedadjective

   favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)

   Synonyms:
   reform-minded, reformist

   Antonyms:
   retrogressive, unmodernised, conservative, retrograde, regressive, decreasing, reverting, disordered, returning, unordered, inactive, atavistic, unmodernized, throwback(a)

5. progressiveadjective

   (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases

   Synonyms:
   reform-minded, reformist

   Antonyms:
   retrograde, throwback(a), conservative, disordered, returning, unmodernised, decreasing, regressive, atavistic, reverting, inactive, unordered, retrogressive, unmodernized

6. progressiveadjective

   gradually advancing in extent

   Synonyms:
   reform-minded, reformist

   Antonyms:
   throwback(a), atavistic, retrograde, regressive, unmodernised, decreasing, reverting, retrogressive, disordered, conservative, unordered, inactive, returning, unmodernized

7. progressiveadjective

   (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position

   "progressive euchre"; "progressive tournaments"

   Synonyms:
   reform-minded, reformist

   Antonyms:
   retrograde, unmodernised, conservative, decreasing, unmodernized, regressive, retrogressive, returning, inactive, throwback(a), atavistic, reverting, disordered, unordered

8. progressiveadjective

   advancing in severity

   "progressive paralysis"

   Synonyms:
   reform-minded, reformist

   Antonyms:
   inactive, conservative, decreasing, unmodernised, disordered, regressive, retrograde, reverting, throwback(a), returning, unordered, atavistic, unmodernized, retrogressive

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. progressiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   advancing, proceeding

2. progressiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   improving

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1. List of paraphrases for "progressive":

   gradual, incremental, step-by-step, phased, progresista, forward-looking, progressively, advanced, progressives, evolutionary, phased-in, stepwise, gradually, steady, progress, step-wise, graduated

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How to use progressive in a sentence?

1. Chris Feudtner:

   To say her experience is irrelevant doesn't make any sense, she knows more than anyone what it's like to be not a theoretical girl with a progressive neuromuscular disorder, but to be Julianna.

2. David Howman:

   (The NFL has) a bit of an issue with their collective bargaining agreement, which has not lent itself to the same, let's say, progressive anti-doping program that the Major League Baseball people have, and similarly at the NHL, i think there needs to be an attitudinal shift from the players. They should be making sure that they're delivering clean sport. They should be making sure that they're not protecting the bad guys, the one or two who may try to cheat or actually cheat.

3. Marty Odlin:

   There are a lot of really progressive companies out there that want to minimize their carbon footprint and we can sell the carbon removal service to those companies.

4. Flavio Volpe:

   We’re signing a bad deal because we hope to sell more products that grow on four legs,” Mr. Volpe said, “[It’s] a progressive trade agreement that sells products we’ve been mastering since Samuel de Champlain.”

5. Grover Norquist:

   I'm told that it would, my preference is to replace Teddy Roosevelt because Teddy Roosevelt was a statist and a progressive Republican as opposed to a Reagan Republican. Does Teddy Roosevelt deserve the kind of status that a Jefferson and a Washington have ? The answer is yes, Teddy Roosevelt does.