progression | Definition of progression

Synonyms and Antonyms of progression

1 a series of things linked together

a progression of events that ended in utter disaster for the arctic explorers

Synonyms of progression

catena, catenation, chain, concatenation, consecution, nexus, sequence, string, train

Words Related to progression

belt, circle, cycle, vicious circle (also vicious cycle)

continuum, gamut, gauntlet (also gantlet), scale, spectrum

flow, river, stream

file, line, queue, range, row, succession

2 forward movement in time or place

our progression was slow but steady

Synonyms of progression

advance, advancement, furtherance, going, headway, march, onrush, passage, process, procession, progress

Words Related to progression

current, drift, flow, flux, stream, way

advent, approach, arrival, coming, nearing

bound, jump, leap, step, stride

impetus, momentum

Near Antonyms of progression

backwash, ebb, reflux

retraction, return, reversal, reverse

about-face, turnabout, turnaround

Antonyms of progression

recess, recession, regress, regression, retreat, retrogression

3 the act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced

that civilization's gradual progression from simple bartering to a complex economy and monetary system

Synonyms of progression

development, elaboration, evolution, expansion, growth, progress

Words Related to progression

advancement, betterment, improvement, perfection, refinement

incubation, maturation, maturing, ripening

blossoming, flourishing, flowering

addition, augmentation, enhancement, supplementation

emergence, evolvement, metamorphosis

Near Antonyms of progression

backslide, lapse, relapse

decadence, decay, decaying, declension, declination, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, degradation, descent, deterioration, devaluation, downfall, downgrade, ebbing, falling, weakening

Antonyms of progression

regress, regression, retrogression, reversion