Synonyms for progress
ˈprɒg rɛs, -rəs; esp. Brit. ˈproʊ grɛs; prəˈgrɛsprogress

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1. progress

   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, advancement, attainment, development, growth, improvement, increase, proficiency, 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. progressnoun

   Synonyms:
   advancement, advance, movement, proceeding, way, journey, proficiency, speed, growth

   Antonyms:
   delay, stoppage, retreat, stay, retrogression, failure, relapse

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1. advancement, progressnoun

   gradual improvement or growth or development

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

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

   Antonyms:
   retrogress, regress, retrograde

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, feeler, patterned advance, progression, improvement, advancement, approach, furtherance, advance, procession, betterment, overture, onward motion, promotion

   Antonyms:
   retrograde, retrogress, regress

3. progress, progression, advanceverb

   a movement forward

   "he listened for the progress of the troops"

   Synonyms:
   advancement, procession, advance, feeler, improvement, betterment, onward motion, approach, cash advance, overture, patterned advance, progression, rise, forward motion

   Antonyms:
   retrogress, retrograde, regress

4. progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape upverb

   develop in a positive way

   "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"

   Synonyms:
   throw out, fare, mature, set ahead, come, bring forward, build up, come along, board, pass on, get along, win, supercharge, kick upstairs, maturate, pull ahead, come on, make headway, go up, advance, surface, upgrade, make out, encourage, further, come up, gain, bestride, elevate, age, mount up, do, draw close, draw near, boost, go on, gain ground, jump on, raise, work up, move on, get on, get on with, hop on, senesce, approach, shape up, show up, turn up, climb on, get along with, appear, come near, mount, march on, come out, be on, near, promote, get ahead, build

   Antonyms:
   retrogress, regress, retrograde

5. advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go onverb

   move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

   "Time marches on"

   Synonyms:
   throw out, hand, circulate, supercharge, pass off, go along, bring forward, build up, come along, upgrade, get along, win, elevate, kick upstairs, continue, work up, pull ahead, come on, carry on, make headway, advance, fall out, encourage, further, come up, gain, keep, pass on, leave, give, promote, happen, boost, go on, gain ground, occur, raise, pass, move on, pass along, get on, come about, proceed, impart, communicate, pass around, put across, distribute, turn over, shape up, reach, relegate, take place, submit, set ahead, march on, hap, get ahead, build

   Antonyms:
   retrograde, retrogress, regress

6. build up, work up, build, progressverb

   form or accumulate steadily

   "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"

   Synonyms:
   work out, fortify, get up, come on, construct, go on, arm, build, come along, develop, move on, shape up, build up, pass on, march on, get along, advance, establish, gird, ramp up, get on, make, work up

   Antonyms:
   retrograde, regress, retrogress

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1. progressnoun

   Synonyms:
   advancement, advance, progression, proficiency

2. progressnoun

   Synonyms:
   growth, increase, improvement

3. progressverb

   Synonyms:
   advance, proceed, go on, get on, go ahead, get ahead, get forward, get along, make head, make headway, work one's way, make one's way, make progress

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1. progressnoun

   Synonyms:
   progression, advancement, improvement

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1. List of paraphrases for "progress":

   advances, advancement, headway, achievement, advance, strides, advancements, progression, developments, progrès, course, interim, achievements, breakthrough, advanced, development, evolution, progreso, improvement, step, gains, progresso, forward, progressive, success, improvements, avances, acting, status, courses, progressed

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1. Richard Lawhern:

   My instinct is to acknowledge incremental progress, and then get busy forcing the immediate recall and repudiation of the entire [CDC] guidelines document and all state legislation or regulation that incorporates it, we likely wont be able to avoid a rewrite effort for somekind of guideline, because doctors wont reenter pain management practice without a shield from sanctions.

2. Ogden Nash:

   Progress might have been all right once, but it went on too long.

3. Pope Francis:

   Do not be afraid to help one another. The devil is looking for rivalry, division, gangs. Keep working to make progress ... I have seen how pain does not stifle the hope deep within the human heart and how life goes on, finding new strength even in the midst of difficulties.

4. John Richardson:

   We are making very good progress, I am very pleased with the progress to date and optimistic we can do more in the future. That's on a very solid track.

5. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Founder of modern Turkey 24.04.1921:

   A youth with wings are the assurance of our nation's future. We must start to work right away and make progress so that; if one day Westerners leave their footprints on the moon, we shall place a Turkish one among those.