Antonyms for advancement
ædˈvæns mənt, -ˈvɑns-ad·vance·ment

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. advancement

   Progress (Latin pro, forward, gradior, go) is a moving onward or forward, whether in space or in the mental or moral realm, and may be either mechanical, individual, or social. Attainment, development, and proficiency are more absolute than the other words of the group, denoting some point of advantage or of comparative perfection reached by forward or onward movement; we speak of attainments in virtue or scholarship, proficiency in music or languages, the development of new powers or organs; proficiency includes the idea of skill. Advance may denote either a forward movement or the point gained by forward movement, but always relatively with reference to the point from which the movement started; as, this is a great advance. Advance admits the possibility of retreat; progress (Latin progredi, to walk forward) is steady and constant forward movement, admitting of pause, but not of retreat; advance suggests more clearly a point to be reached, while progress lays the emphasis upon the forward movement; we may speak of slow or rapid progress, but more naturally of swift advance. Progress is more frequently used of abstractions; as, the progress of ideas; progression fixes the attention chiefly upon the act of moving forward. In a thing good in itself all advance or progress is improvement; there is a growing tendency to restrict the words to this favorable sense, using increase indifferently of good or evil; one may say without limitation, "I am an advocate of progress."

   Antonyms:
   check, decline, delay, falling back, falling off, relapse, retrogression, stay, stop, stoppage

   Synonyms:
   advance, attainment, development, growth, improvement, increase, proficiency, progress, progression

   Preposition:
   The progress of truth; progress in virtue; toward perfection; from a lower to a higher state.

Matched Categories

1. • Development
   • Encouragement

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. promotion, furtherance, advancementnoun

   encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something

   Synonyms:
   promotional material, forwarding, furtherance, procession, packaging, progress, promotion, advance, publicity, onward motion, progression, forward motion

2. progress, progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motionnoun

   the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

   Synonyms:
   rise, forward motion, emanation, cash advance, progress, feeler, patterned advance, progression, improvement, approach, furtherance, advance, procession, betterment, overture, onward motion, promotion

3. advancement, progressnoun

   gradual improvement or growth or development

   "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts"

   Synonyms:
   progress, procession, furtherance, promotion, advance, progression, onward motion, forward motion

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. advancementnoun

   Synonyms:
   progress, progression, promotion, preferment, exaltation, aggrandizement, furtherance

How to use advancement in a sentence?

1. Ayanna Pressley:

   If you really want to honor the life of John Lewis, you don't do things like gut the fair housing laws. You don't sow the seeds of division. And you don't delay bringing the voting rights advancement act, named after John Lewis, to the floor.

2. Jeh Johnson:

   He is often impatient with our sluggish government bureaucracy, can at times be very hands-on in resolving issues and problems that are brought to his personal attention, and is always mindful that we are public servants, ali works hard to do the right thing, and never acts, in my observation, for reasons of personal advancement or aggrandizement.

3. Rashad Byrdsong:

   When we talk about violence, the details in the newspaper are the finality that we're reading about. There are a lot of small violent episodes occurring in these young men's lives that led up to the article, there are a lot of systemic and structural impediments that prevent the advancement of a certain group of people.

4. The NRF David French:

   These regulations are full of false promises. Most of the people impacted by this change will not see any additional pay. Instead, this sudden and extraordinary increase will mean more red tape and fewer advancement opportunities for salaried professionals.

5. Morgan Freeman:

   I am devastated that 80 years of my life is at risk of being undermined, in the blink of an eye, by Thursday's media reports, but I also want to be clear: I did not create unsafe work environments. I did not assault women. I did not offer employment or advancement in exchange for sex. Any suggestion that I did so is completely false.

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