Progressive

//pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv//

Synonyms for "progressive" (152 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Adjective(1 words)
broad-minded
Noun(1 words)
continuous tense

Strong matches (45)

Related words (76)

Noun(1 words)
progressive tense
Adjective(2 words)
reform-mindedreformist

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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dbpedia genre

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derived

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has context

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is a

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related to

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similar

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Translations

122 translations across 37 languages.

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Arabic

3 entries
  • تَقَدُّمِيّ noun (promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods)
  • تَقَدُّمِيّ noun (politically liberal)
  • مُتَرَقٍّ noun (advancing in severity)

Armenian

1 entries
  • պրոգրեսիվ noun (increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • mütərəqqi noun (promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods)
  • qabaqcıl noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)
  • qabaqcıl noun (promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • mauswag noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)

Breton

1 entries
  • araokour noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • напредващ noun (gradually advancing in extent; increasing)
  • прогресивен noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)
  • прогресивен noun (increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases)

Catalan

4 entries
  • progressista noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)
  • progressista noun (promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods)
  • progressiu noun (gradually advancing in extent; increasing)
  • progressiu noun (increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases)

Central Kurdish

3 entries
  • پێشکەوتو noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)
  • پێشکەوتو noun (promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods)
  • پێشکەوتو noun (A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 累進的 /累进的 noun (increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases)

Czech

1 entries
  • pokrokový noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)

Dutch

1 entries
  • progressief noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • antaŭenema noun (promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods)

Finnish

4 entries
  • edistyksellinen noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)
  • edistyksellinen noun (promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods)
  • edistyksellinen noun (politically liberal)
  • edistynyt noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)

French

1 entries
  • progressif noun (gradually advancing in extent; increasing)

Galician

4 entries
  • progresista noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)
  • progresista noun (A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government)
  • progresiva noun (gradually advancing in extent; increasing)
  • progresivo noun (gradually advancing in extent; increasing)

Georgian

4 entries
  • გაძლიერებული noun (gradually advancing in extent; increasing)
  • მზარდი noun (gradually advancing in extent; increasing)
  • პროგრესული noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)
  • პროგრესული noun (gradually advancing in extent; increasing)

German

4 entries
  • fortschrittlich noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)
  • progressiv noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)
  • progressiv noun (gradually advancing in extent; increasing)
  • progressiv noun (promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods)

Greek

3 entries
  • προοδευτικός noun (gradually advancing in extent; increasing)
  • προοδευτικός noun (promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods)
  • προϊών noun (advancing in severity)

Hindi

4 entries
  • उदारवादी noun (politically liberal)
  • प्रगतिशील noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)
  • प्रगतिशील noun (promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods)
  • प्रगतिशील noun (A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • framfarasinni noun (A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government)

Italian

2 entries
  • progressista noun (A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government)
  • progressivo noun (gradually advancing in extent; increasing)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • үдемелі noun (increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • дэвшилт үзэлтэн noun (A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • progredierende noun (advancing in severity)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • progredierande noun (advancing in severity)

Old English

1 entries
  • forþgenġe noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)

Polish

4 entries
  • postępowiec noun (A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government)
  • postępowy noun (gradually advancing in extent; increasing)
  • progresywista noun (A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government)
  • progresywny noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • progressista noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)
  • progressista noun (A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government)
  • progressiva noun (gradually advancing in extent; increasing)
  • progressivo noun (gradually advancing in extent; increasing)

Romanian

4 entries
  • avansat noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)
  • de progres noun (promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods)
  • progresist noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)
  • progresist noun (promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods)

Russian

4 entries
  • передово́й noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)
  • передово́й noun (promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods)
  • после́довательный noun (gradually advancing in extent; increasing)
  • постепе́нный noun (gradually advancing in extent; increasing)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • adhartach noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)
  • adhartach noun (promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods)
  • adhartach noun (of or relating to progressive education)
  • adhartach noun (advancing in severity)

Spanish

3 entries
  • progresista noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)
  • progresista noun (A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government)
  • progresivo noun (gradually advancing in extent; increasing)

Swedish

3 entries
  • banbrytande noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)
  • progressiv noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)
  • progressiv noun (promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • masulong noun (gradually advancing in extent; increasing)
  • masulong noun (promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods)
  • maunlad noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)

Tamil

2 entries
  • முற்போக்கு noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)
  • முற்போக்கு noun (promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods)

Turkish

4 entries
  • ilerici noun (favouring or promoting progress; advanced)
  • ilerici noun (promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods)
  • ilerleyen noun (advancing in severity)
  • progresif noun (advancing in severity)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • cấp tiến chủ nghĩa noun (politically liberal)
  • tiến bộ chủ nghĩa noun (politically liberal)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Especially over the last 20 years, the purported link between progressive welfare policies and economic failure in the Northern European countries seems to point to the difficulty of sustaining both full social welfare and international competitivity.

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His thought is progressive.

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He is very progressive, not to say radical.

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The example is a past progressive tense sentence. How was everybody taught when they were learning about progressive tense?

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