progressive

1. 1.

   a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

   Synonymsprogressive tenseimperfectimperfect tensecontinuous tense

   Broadertense

   Narrowerpresent progressivepast progressivefuture progressive
2. 2.

   a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

   Synonymsliberalliberalist

   Broaderadult

   Narrowerarmchair liberallatitudinarianneoliberalpluralistWhig

Other forms of progressive

plural

progressives·

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 progressive

What does progressive mean?

progressive means "favoring or promoting progress". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in progressive?

progressive has 3 syllables: pro-gres-sive. The stress falls on "gres". In IPA it is /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/.

What is another word for progressive?

Close synonyms include reformist, reform-minded, progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense. 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 progressive?

The recorded antonyms are regressive, regressive.

Is progressive a common word?

progressive is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 progressive?

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