Thesaurus / make headway
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synonyms for make headway
- fly
- shoot
- move
- run
- navigate
- float
- drift
- cross
- sweep
- leave
- skim
- cruise
- reach
- steer
- soar
- voyage
- flit
- dart
- scud
- embark
- tack
- skipper
- motor
- captain
- wing
- boat
- pilot
- cast off
- set sail
- weigh anchor
- cast anchor
- get under way
- put to sea
- skirr
- advance
- go on
- extend
- linger
- pursue
- reach
- stay
- remain
- maintain
- sustain
- progress
- survive
- last
- promote
- endure
- persevere
- project
- uphold
- ride
- outlast
- lengthen
- abide
- prolong
- stand
- loiter
- rest
- outlive
- draw out
- keep at
- keep up
- carry forward
- forge ahead
- get on with it
- hang in
- keep on
- keep the ball rolling
- live on
- move ahead
- never cease
- perdure
- persist in
- press on
- push on
- run on
- stay on
- stick at
- stick to
- keep on truckin'
- propel
- accelerate
- storm
- progress
- promote
- speed
- achieve
- march
- proceed
- launch
- drive
- dispatch
- elevate
- conquer
- skyrocket
- hasten
- quicken
- come forward
- gain ground
- get ahead
- go ahead
- move up
- bring forward
- continue ahead
- continue on
- forge ahead
- get green light
- get there
- get with it
- go forth
- go forward
- go great guns
- go places
- go to town
- make the scene
- move on
- move onward
- press on
- push ahead
- push on
- send forward
- step forward
- prosper
- manage
- handle
- happen
- prove
- do
- proceed
- advance
- shift
- stagger
- journey
- hie
- pass
- go
- progress
- get by
- get on
- make out
- muddle through
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antonyms for make headway
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- finish
- end
- move
- abbreviate
- quit
- depart
- leave
- go
- stop
- halt
- desist
- complete
- refuse
- reject
- shorten
- condemn
- discontinue
- ignore
- cease
- take back
- decrease
- retrogress
- retreat
- yield
- withdraw
- turn
- keep
- hold
- stop
- halt
- take back
- decrease
- retrogress
- retreat
- recede
- hesitate
- back down
- retard
- cease
- hinder
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How to use make headway in a sentence
And to tell the truth, she couldn't help wishing he could see, so he could make the game livelier.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYShe did not need a great cook-book; She knew how much and what it took To make things good and sweet and light.
BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF; A PRACTICAL PLAN OF CHARACTER BUILDING, VOLUME I (OF 17)VARIOUSNow this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYGive a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour, and make a fat offering, and then give place to the physician.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSThose in whom the impulse is strong and dominant are perhaps those who in later years make the good society actors.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYIt is then we make him our friend, which sets us above the envy and contempt of wicked men.
THE LIFE AND MOST SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER (1801)DANIEL DEFOETerror drives you on; fate coerces you; you can't help yourself, and my delight is to make the plunge terrible.
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANUThe sound of my step shall make your heart jump; a look from me shall make you dumb for an hour.
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANUFanning and Wharton were to make head against the infantry and cavalry.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSThe offspring of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a rock.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSSYNONYM OF THE DAY
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO MAKE HEADWAY
- accelerate
- achieve
- bring forward
- come forward
- conquer
- continue ahead
- continue on
- dispatch
- drive
- elevate
- forge ahead
- gain ground
- get ahead
- get green light
- get there
- get with it
- go ahead
- go forth
- go forward
- go great guns
- go places
- go to town
- hasten
- launch
- make headway
- make the scene
- march
- move on
- move onward
- move up
- press on
- proceed
- progress
- promote
- propel
- push ahead
- push on
- quicken
- send forward
- skyrocket
- speed
- step forward
- storm
- adduces
- alleges
- ballyhoos
- beats the drum for
- benefits
- boosts
- cites
- encourages
- fosters
- furthers
- gets ink for
- hypes
- introduces
- lies forward
- makes a pitch for
- offers
- plugs
- presents
- proffers
- puffs
- pushes
- puts forward
- puts on the map
- serves
- sets forth
- splashes
- spots
- submits
- suggests
- throws spotlight on
- urges
- adducing
- alleging
- ballyhooing
- beating the drum for
- benefiting
- boosting
- citing
- encouraging
- fostering
- furthering
- getting ink for
- hyping
- introducing
- lying forward
- making a pitch for
- offering
- plugging
- presenting
- proffering
- puffing
- pushing
- putting forward
- putting on the map
- serving
- setting forth
- splashing
- spotting
- submitting
- suggesting
- throwing spotlight on
- urging
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.