progressive — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.

2. Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.

3. Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods.

   Examples

   a progressive politician

   progressive business leadership

4. Liberal.

   Examples

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   Conservative movements were far more progressive than the standard religious narrative of the decade alleges and the notoriously progressive ethos of the era was far more conservative than our collective memory has recognized.

   Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin on Wednesday called for “action, not words” from Democrats, criticizing the approach of some in the progressive wing of the party.

5. Of or relating to progressive education.

   Examples

   a progressive school

6. Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.

   Usage

   • of an income tax or other tax

7. Advancing in severity.

   Examples

   progressive paralysis

8. Continuous.

Noun

1. One with liberal or progressive political beliefs.

   Examples

   The progressives want to legalise gay marriage.

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   Not long ago, few progressives imagined this day would come. They assumed the MAGA movement had been discredited by the shocking images that emerged from the January 6 insurrection, and that Trump was politically weakened by the barrage of criminal charges against him.

Noun

1. A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.

2. A progressive verb; a verb used in the progressive tense and (in English) generally conjugated to end in -ing.

Adjective

1. favoring or promoting progress

   Antonyms

   regressive

   Examples

   progressive schools

2. favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)

   Synonyms

   reformistreform-minded

3. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases

   Antonyms

   regressive

4. gradually advancing in extent

5. (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position

   Examples

   progressive euchre

   progressive tournaments

6. advancing in severity

   Examples

   progressive paralysis

Noun

1. a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

   Synonyms

   progressive tenseimperfectimperfect tensecontinuous tense

   Broader terms

   tense

2. a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

   Synonyms

   liberalliberalist

   Broader terms

   actordoerworker