progressive

Questions about progressive

What is another word for progressive?

Across its 8 senses, progressive has 8 distinct synonyms: reformist, reform-minded, progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, continuous tense, liberal, liberalist. Each belongs to a specific meaning, listed on this page under the sense it serves.

What is the opposite of progressive?

The recorded antonym is regressive. Opposites are sense-specific too: this page shows which meaning each one is the opposite of, because a word rarely has a single opposite that holds for all of its senses.

Why are the synonyms for progressive split into groups?

Because progressive carries 8 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Does this page cover every sense of progressive?

It covers the 5 senses that carry a synonym, antonym, broader or narrower term. The remaining 3 senses have none recorded, so they are left off a thesaurus page and shown in full on the word page instead.

Where do the synonyms for progressive 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 progressive

• Full entry for progressiveAll 8 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for progressiveWords matching from the last stressed vowel onward, grouped by syllable count.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.