progressive | Definition of progressive

Synonyms and Antonyms of progressive

1 being far along in development

progressive forms of animal life

Synonyms of progressive

advanced, developed, evolved, forward, high, higher, improved, late, refined

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full-blown, full-fledged, full-scale

aged, grown, mature, matured, perfected, ripe, ripened

civilized, educated, enhanced, enlightened

contemporary, current, cutting-edge, latest, leading-edge, mod, modern, new, newest, newfangled, new-fashioned, novel, now, present-day, recent, space-age, supermodern, ultramodern, up-to-date

Near Antonyms of progressive

green, immature, underdeveloped, undersized (also undersize), underweight, unripe, unripened

savage, uncivilized, uneducated

early, embryonic, germinal, primeval, primordial

antediluvian, antiquated, antique, dated, fusty, hoary, musty, Neanderthal (or Neandertal), obsolete, old, oldfangled, old-fashioned, old-time, out-of-date, outworn, passé, past

Antonyms of progressive

backward, low, lower, nonprogressive, primitive, retarded, rude, rudimentary, undeveloped

2 not bound by traditional ways or beliefs

a socially progressive community, it was the first to provide for the public education of girls

Synonyms of progressive

broad-minded, liberal, nonconventional, nonorthodox, nontraditional, open-minded, radical, unconventional, unorthodox

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advanced, contemporary, modern

forbearing, indulgent, large-minded, lenient, permissive, tolerant

impartial, objective, unbiased

Near Antonyms of progressive

hard, rigid, strict

doctrinal, dogmatic (also dogmatical)

bigoted, blinkered, intolerant, narrow-minded

reactionary, unreconstructed

Antonyms of progressive

conservative, conventional, hidebound, nonprogressive, old-fashioned, orthodox, stodgy, traditional

3 being or employing the latest concepts, styles, or techniques

one of the founders of progressive dance, Isadora Duncan became an inspiration to an array of free-spirited artists

Synonyms of progressive

advanced, avant, avant-garde, cutting-edge, state-of-the-art

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pioneering, revolutionary, trailblazing

alternative, antiestablishment, nontraditional, unconventional, underground

bizarre, far-out, outré, way-out

fresh, new, novel, original

strange, unaccustomed, unfamiliar, unheard-of, unknown, unprecedented

contemporary, current, hot, mod, modern, modernistic, newfangled,