progress

1. 1.

   develop in a positive way

   “He progressed well in school”

   “My plants are coming along”

   “Plans are shaping up”

   Synonymscome oncome alongadvanceget onget alongshape up

   Antonymsregress

   Broaderdevelop

   Narrowerclimbleapfrog
2. 2.

   move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

   “Time marches on”

   Synonymsadvancepass onmove onmarch ongo on

   Broadertravel

   Narrowerforgepenetratecreep upencroach
3. 3.

   form or accumulate steadily

   “Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly”

   “Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border”

   Synonymsbuild upwork upbuild

   Broaderdevelop

Other forms of progress

plural

progresses·

past tense

progressed·

present participle

progressing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about progress

What does progress mean?

progress means "gradual improvement or growth or development". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in progress?

progress has 2 syllables: pro-gress. The stress falls on "pro". In IPA it is /ˈpɹɑˌɡɹɛs/.

What is another word for progress?

Close synonyms include advancement, progression, procession, advance, advancement. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of progress?

The recorded antonyms are regress.

Is progress a common word?

progress is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with progress?

4 words rhyme with progress. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.