progress - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

gradual improvement or growth or development

Synonyms

• advancement
• progress

More generic

• development

More specific

• forwarding
• furtherance
• promotion
• stride
• work flow
• workflow

Noun

the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

Synonyms

• advance
• advancement
• forward motion
• onward motion
• procession
• progress
• progression

More generic

• motion
• move
• movement

More specific

• career
• clear sailing
• easy going
• leapfrog
• life history
• march
• plain sailing
• push

Noun

a movement forward

Synonyms

• advance
• progress
• progression

More generic

• change of location
• travel

More specific

• head
• headway

Verb

develop in a positive way

Synonyms

• advance
• come along
• come on
• get along
• get on
• progress
• shape up

More generic

• develop

Opposite / Antonyms

• regress

More specific

• climb
• leapfrog

Verb

form or accumulate steadily

Synonyms

• build
• build up
• progress
• work up

More generic

• develop

Related

• build
• build up
• ramp up
• work up

Verb

move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

Synonyms

• advance
• go on
• march on
• move on
• pass on
• progress

More generic

• go
• locomote
• move
• travel

More specific

• close in
• creep up
• draw in
• edge
• elapse
• encroach
• forge
• glide by
• go along
• go by
• impinge
• inch
• infringe
• lapse
• overhaul
• overtake
• pass
• penetrate
• plough on
• press on
• push on
• rachet up
• ratchet
• ratchet down
• slide by
• slip away
• slip by
• sneak up
• string
• string along

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