past progressive tense

Questions about past progressive tense

What is another word for past progressive tense?

It depends which past progressive tense you mean. In the sense “a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past”, the synonyms are past progressive. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of past progressive tense?

WordNet records no antonym for past progressive tense. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for past progressive tense come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of past progressive tense

• Full entry for past progressive tenseAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for past progressive tenseWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.