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. Shadiah Sigala:

   I wanted to offer a more competitive paternal policy so we could continue to attract the best talent, we want to be on the progressive end of the spectrum because we think it’s important to change the conversation within the industry and to treat our employee well.

2. Hald Davis of Wichita:

   I feel like she can convince a lot of people that we need to be more progressive.

3. Friday Barron:

   De Blasio and his progressive ascendancy have essentially hollowed out what was a prosperous and safe city.

4. Carly Fiorina:

   But this is what the liberal media always does, it attacks the messenger trying to avoid the message. Here is the message: It is factually true that women have been hit very hard by progressive policies.

5. Jesse Hunt:

   Even after their epic collapse in 2016, when you would think the Democrats would reconfigure and move to the middle, they still have far-left progressive candidates, democrats in the last cycle tried to make it a referendum on Trump. … They’ve tried that playbook before and failed.