progressive

Meanings

Plural: progressives

Noun

• a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
• a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
• One with liberal or progressive political beliefs.
• A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
• A progressive verb; a verb used in the progressive tense and (in English) generally conjugated to end in -ing.
• Clipping of progressive dinner

Adjective

• favoring or promoting progress
  • "progressive schools"
• (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases

Adjective Satellite

• favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
• gradually advancing in extent
• (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"
• advancing in severity
  • "progressive paralysis"

Adj

• Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
• Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
• Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods.
• Liberal.
• Of or relating to progressive education.
• Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
• Advancing in severity.
• Continuous.

Synonyms

continuous tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, liberal, liberalist, progressive tense, reform-minded, reformist

Antonyms

conservative, non-progressive, reactionary, regressive

Related Words

progress

Anagrams of progressive