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. Ziad Ahmed:

   I am many things, but I am an unapologetic progressive activist first and foremost.

2. Miguel Diaz-Canel:

   Trump and his court of old hawks attack the Cuban Revolution; the Bolivarian Revolution; the Sandinistas; the Brazilian, Bolivian, Argentine leftist political leaderships and social, popular, progressive movements throughout the region.

3. Jamaal Bowman:

   The American people have sent us here to deliver. If we deliver, we maintain power in 2022. If we don't, and we show that inability to deliver, then we risk losing power, and risk this moment in American history, to really push a progressive, Democratic agenda.

4. Paige Spiranac:

   The people who are saying golf is progressive, if you look at them, they all look the same, they are all middle-aged men. They obviously feel accepted. When you go to a golf course and look around, you see a bunch of guys, everyone looks like you, so you are going to feel great. If you are walking in as a woman, you don’t feel the same.

5. Ro Khanna:

   I believe deeply that we need Bernie Sanders as President to secure Medicare for All, an infrastructure project for the 21st century, and a $15 minimum wage, but we should acknowledge and respect the work of Secretary Clinton in expanding health insurance to children, in standing up for women's rights as human rights, and in helping achieve a breakthrough nuclear deal with Iran. We will bring progressive change through addition, not subtraction.