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progressing

ADJECTIVE

better

Synonyms

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improving well

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convalescent cured fitter mending recovering

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fully recovered healthier less ill more healthy on the comeback trail on the mend on the road to recovery out of the woods over the hump stronger

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littler more ill sicker smaller tinier unhealthy worse

ADJECTIVE

coming

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anticipated expected forthcoming impending subsequent

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advancing aspiring close converging deserving docking due fated foreseen future instant marked near nearing oncoming ordained predestined preparing pursuing

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about to happen almost on one at hand certain drawing near en route eventual gaining upon getting near immediate imminent in prospect in store in the offing in the wind in view next nigh prospective running after to-be up-and-coming

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distant

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away far gone past

ADJECTIVE

continuing

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chronic enduring lasting

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advancing maintaining persevering persisting pursuing sustaining

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carrying-on permanent

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temporary

ADJECTIVE

en route

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advancing bound driving en voyage entrained flying heading toward in passage in transit making headway midway on the road pressing on traveling

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derailed detained off the path sidetracked

ADJECTIVE

forward

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ahead leading onward

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forth progressive

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forward-looking in advance precocious premature propulsive well-developed

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back backward last later meek past reserved reversing shy timid

ADJECTIVE

long-lived

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durable long-lasting

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abiding advancing carrying-on chronic enduring lasting long-standing maintaining old perdurable perennial permanent persevering persistent persisting pursuing sustaining

ADJECTIVE

moving

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changing shifting

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advancing climbing evolving flying going jumping roaming roving running traversing walking

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motile movable nomadic portable unfixed unstable unsteadfast unsteady

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fixed immobile permanent stationary unmoving

ADJECTIVE

ongoing

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continuing current growing open-ended successful

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advancing developing evolving extant heading in process in progress marching unfinished unfolding

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incontinuous infrequent intermittent stopping

ADJECTIVE

perdurable

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abiding advancing carrying-on chronic durable enduring lasting long-lasting long-lived long-standing maintaining old perennial permanent persevering persistent persisting pursuing sustaining

ADJECTIVE

thriving

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booming burgeoning developing flourishing growing healthy prosperous robust wealthy

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advancing arrived blooming cooking prospering roaring rolling

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doing well going strong have it made have the wherewithal home free on top of heap prolific rich sitting pretty

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failing infirm poor unhealthy

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declining languishing losing

ADVERB

ahead

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advanced along before earlier forward

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beforehand forwards onward onwards

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advancing ante antecedently at an advantage at the head first fore foremost in the foreground in the lead leading on precedent precedently preceding previous to the fore

Antonyms

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behind

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Pochettino, who has managed Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain, reiterated that progressing from Group D alone would not qualify as success for him.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Ford Chief Financial Officer Sherry House, during the company’s first-quarter earnings call on April 29, said that its “Novelis recovery” was progressing as expected.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Those who ultimately fell into a midcareer slump averaged 30% wage growth in their first 10 years of work, compared with 71% for those who kept progressing, according to the study.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

In a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Trump said that talks were progressing but insisted that the Iranian proposal was "not there yet" and that work remained.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

“Well, well! I must say, I am surprised to hear they are progressing so rapidly. This news changes my plans topsy-turvy.”

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood

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