progressive
Meaning of progressive
noun
- A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
- (grammar) A progressive verb; a verb used the progressive tense and generally conjugated as to end in -ing.
- Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
- Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
- Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods.
a progressive politician
- Liberal.
- Of or relating to progressive education.
a progressive school
- (of an income tax or other tax) Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
- Advancing in severity.
progressive paralysis
- (grammar) Continuous.
Information about progressive
Hyphenation of progressive
pro-gres-sive
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- progressive is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
progressive synonyms
Meaning reformist:
Meaning progressive tense:
Meaning liberal:
progressive antonyms
Meaning :
conservative, reactionary, regressive
Translation of progressive
- Spanish: gradual, paulatino, progresista, progresivo, progresiva
- Italian: graduale, progressista, progressivo
- German: graduell, stufenweise
- French: progressif, graduel, progressiste
- Portuguese: progressista, progressivo
Words that rhyme with progressive
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