progressive
noun
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
Types & categories
- tense hypernym
- present progressive hyponym
- past progressive hyponym
- future progressive hyponym
Sense 2 adjective
favoring or promoting progress
progressive schools
Related & opposite
- forward also see
- industrial also see
- regressive antonym
- progressiveness derivation
- liberal derivation
- innovative similar to
- advancing similar to
- modernized similar to
- state-of-the-art similar to
Sense 3 noun
a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
Types & categories
- adult hypernym
- armchair liberal hyponym
- latitudinarian hyponym
- neoliberal hyponym
- pluralist hyponym
- Whig hyponym
Related & opposite
- conservative antonym
- reformist derivation
- progressive derivation
Sense 4 adjective
favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
Related & opposite
- progressiveness derivation
- liberal derivation
- reformer derivation
- governing domain topic
- liberal similar to
Sense 5 adjective
(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
Related & opposite
- regressive antonym
- taxation domain topic
- degressive similar to
Sense 6 adjective
gradually advancing in extent
Related & opposite
- increasing similar to
Sense 7 adjective
(of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position
progressive euchre
Related & opposite
- ordered similar to
Sense 8 adjective
advancing in severity
progressive paralysis
Related & opposite
- active similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | tense |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | present progressive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | past progressive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | future progressive |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | forward |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | industrial |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | regressive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | progressiveness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | liberal |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | innovative |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | advancing |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | modernized |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | state-of-the-art |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | conservative |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | reformist |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | progressive |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | adult |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | armchair liberal |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | latitudinarian |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | neoliberal |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pluralist |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Whig |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | progressiveness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | liberal |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | reformer |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | governing |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | liberal |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | regressive |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | taxation |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | degressive |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | increasing |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | ordered |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | active |