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

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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."

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

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

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

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Development
   • Encouragement

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1. advancementnoun

   Synonyms:
   progress, progression, proficiency

2. advancementnoun

   Synonyms:
   promotion, preferment, elevation, exaltation, aggrandizement

3. advancementnoun

   Synonyms:
   improvement, advance, growth

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1. advancementnoun

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "advancement":

   promotion, progress, prepayment, promoting, 'avancement, advance, progression, promote, promotional, enhance, upliftment, raise, advocacy, promotions, development, raising, reached, enhancing, breakthrough, achievement, empowerment, improvement, improve

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1. Pavel Durov:

   Whenever technological advancement is made it can always be used both for good or for bad, you can compare it with the invention of gunpowder for example : Once the secret is out there, it doesn't make sense to force your local users of gunpowder to make your gunpowder less efficient when the other side can still use it and use it in an efficient way.

2. Jill Biden:

   In a world of constant change, she was a steadying presence and a source of comfort and pride for generations of Britons, including many who have never known their country without her, an enduring admiration for Queen Elizabeth II united people across the Commonwealth. The seven decades of her history-making reign bore witness to an age of unprecedented human advancement and the forward march of human dignity.

3. John Stuart Mill:

   The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement, being in unceasing antagonism to that disposition to aim at something better than customary,....

4. Michelle Bachelet:

   The change of the binominal system is without a doubt, a great advancement, it will allow us to be better represented and have better ideas.

5. Ayanna Pressley:

   I was hoping the President would not even tweet yesterday about John Lewis. At this point we don't need anybody's sympathies or tweets. What we need is action, 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. And that should be brought to the floor immediately.