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progressive

[pruh-gres-iv] / prəˈgrɛs ɪv /
ADJECTIVE
seeking social improvement
Synonyms
STRONGEST
forward-looking forward-thinking left left of center leftist liberal reformist
STRONG
avant-garde broad-minded enlightened modern nontraditional open-minded tolerant
WEAK
bleeding-heart broad radical revolutionary
Antonyms
STRONG
conservative moderate orthodox traditional
ADJECTIVE
proceeding step by step
Synonyms
STRONGEST
growing progressing
STRONG
accelerating advancing continuing developing escalating evolving improving increasing intensifying
WEAK
advanced continuous dynamic enterprising go ahead graduated moving forward ongoing up-and-coming up-to-date

Example Sentences

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It is an inherited, rare, progressive and incurable condition.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The company plans to seek priority FDA review for Tyvaso to treat IPF, a chronic, progressive lung disease.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Anyone with dementia, Parkinson’s or another progressive disease will face crippling costs just to get through each day.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

He ran for Jersey City mayor as a fresh-faced outsider with an ambitious progressive agenda, taking office in 2013.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

He had a colorless translucence about him that made him seem as if he were in the earliest stages of progressive invisibility.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.