progressive rock

1. 1.

   a style of rock music that emerged in the 1970s; associated with attempts to combine rock with jazz and other forms; intended for listening and not dancing

   Synonymsart rock

   Broaderrock 'n' roll

Questions about progressive rock

What does progressive rock mean?

progressive rock means "a style of rock music that emerged in the 1970s; associated with attempts to combine rock with jazz and other forms; intended for listening and not dancing".

What is another word for progressive rock?

Close synonyms include art rock. 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.

Is progressive rock a common word?

progressive rock is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.