progressive

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
• Syn:
progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, continuous tense
• Hypernyms:
tense
• Hyponyms:
present progressive, present progressive tense, past progressive, past progressive tense, future progressive, future progressive tense
2. a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
• Syn:
liberal, liberalist
• Ant:
conservative (for: liberal)
• Hypernyms:
adult, grownup
• Hyponyms:
armchair liberal, latitudinarian, neoliberal, pluralist, Whig

II - adjective

1. favoring or promoting progress (Freq. 3)
- progressive schools
• Ant:
regressive
• Similar to:
advanced, forward-looking, innovative, modern, advancing,
forward, forward-moving, modernized, modernised, state-of-the-art
• See Also:
forward, industrial
• Derivationally related forms:
progressiveness
2. favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
reformist, reform-minded
• Similar to:
liberal
• Derivationally related forms:
reformist (for: reformist), progressiveness, progressivity
• Topics:
government, governing, governance, government activity, administration
3. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
• Ant:
regressive
• Similar to:
degressive
• Topics:
tax, taxation, revenue enhancement
4. gradually advancing in extent
• Similar to:
increasing
5. (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position
- progressive euchre
- progressive tournaments
• Similar to:
ordered
6. advancing in severity
- progressive paralysis
• Similar to:
active

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  reformist, reform-minded, liberal, liberalist, progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, continuous tense
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  regressive, conservative, conservativist