English adjective: progressive |
1. | progressive favoring or promoting progress |
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| Samples | Progressive schools.
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| Similar | advanced, advancing, forward, forward-looking, forward-moving, innovative, modern, modernised, modernized, state-of-the-art |
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| See also | forward, industrial |
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| Antonyms | regressive |
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2. | progressive favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) |
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| Synonyms | reform-minded, reformist |
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| Similar | liberal |
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| Domain category | administration, governance, governing, government, government activity |
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| Antonyms | conservative |
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3. | progressive (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases |
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| Similar | degressive |
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| Domain category | revenue enhancement, tax, taxation |
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| Antonyms | regressive |
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4. | progressive gradually advancing in extent |
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| Similar | increasing |
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| Antonyms | decreasing |
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5. | progressive (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position |
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| Samples | Progressive euchre. Progressive tournaments.
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| Similar | ordered |
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| Antonyms | unordered, disordered |
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6. | progressive advancing in severity |
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| Samples | Progressive paralysis.
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| Similar | active |
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| Antonyms | inactive |
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