progressive
noun
1 progressive
A tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going.
synonyms: continuous tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, progressive tense.
Polish: czas ciągły
2 progressive
A person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties.
synonyms: liberal, liberalist.
Dutch: duratief, liberaal
Polish: wolnościowiec
adjective
1 progressive
Favoring or promoting progress.
Roget 69: continuous, continued; consecutive; progressive, gradual; serial, successive; immediate, unbroken, entire; linear; in a line, in a row etc. ... show more
Roget 109: elapsing etc. v.; aoristic†; progressive.
Roget 282: advancing etc. v.; progressive, profluent†; advanced.
Roget 658: improving etc. v.; progressive, improved etc. v.; better, better off, better for; all the better for; better advised. reformatory, emendatory†; ... show more
Polish: postępowy, nowoczesny
2 progressive
Favoring or promoting reform (often by government action).
synonyms: reform-minded, reformist.
3 progressive
of taxes Adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases.
4 progressive
Gradually advancing in extent.
5 progressive
of a card game or a dance Involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position.
6 progressive
Advancing in severity.
Polish: postępowy
Moby thesaurus: Fabian, a la mode, advanced, advancing, ameliorative, ascending, avant-garde, axial, back, back-flowing, backward, bettering, catenary, consecutive, contemporary, continuing, continuous, descending, developing, down-trending ... show more.
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