progressive
English Thesaurus
1. a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | adult, grownup, |
| definition | : | a fully developed person from maturity onward (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | armchair liberal, |
| definition | : | a person of liberal ideals who takes no action to realize them (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | latitudinarian, |
| definition | : | a person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | neoliberal, |
| definition | : | a liberal who subscribes to neoliberalism (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | pluralist, |
| definition | : | someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | whig, |
| definition | : | a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories (noun.person) |
2. a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going (noun.linkdef)
| hypernym | : | tense, |
| definition | : | a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time (noun.communication) |
3. advancing in severity (adj.all)
| similar | : | active, |
| definition | : | tending to become more severe or wider in scope (adj.all) |
4. favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) (adj.all)
| similar | : | liberal, |
| definition | : | tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition (adj.all) |
5. (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position (adj.all)
| similar | : | ordered, |
| definition | : | having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule (adj.all) |
6. favoring or promoting progress (adj.all)
| similar | : | state-of-the-art, |
| definition | : | the highest level of development at a particular time (especially the present time) (adj.all) |
| also | : | forward, |
| definition | : | at or near or directed toward the front (adj.all) |
| also | : | industrial, |
| definition | : | having highly developed industries (adj.all) |
7. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases (adj.all)
| similar | : | degressive, |
| definition | : | (of taxes) gradually decreasing in rate on sums below a certain amount (adj.all) |
| domain category | : | revenue enhancement, tax, taxation, |
| definition | : | charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government (noun.possession) |
8. gradually advancing in extent (adj.all)
| similar | : | increasing, |
| definition | : | becoming greater or larger (adj.all) |
9. a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties (noun.person)
| derivation | : | progressive, |
| definition | : | favoring or promoting progress (adj.all) |
10. favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) (adj.all)
| derivation | : | liberal, liberalist, progressive, |
| definition | : | a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties (noun.person) |
11. favoring or promoting progress (adj.all)
| antonym | : | regressive, |
| definition | : | opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | liberal, liberalist, progressive, |
| definition | : | a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties (noun.person) |
12. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases (adj.all)
| antonym | : | regressive, |
| definition | : | (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases (adj.all) |
13. a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties (noun.person)
| derivation | : | progressive, |
| definition | : | favoring or promoting progress (adj.all) |
14. favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) (adj.all)
| derivation | : | liberal, liberalist, progressive, |
| definition | : | a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties (noun.person) |
15. favoring or promoting progress (adj.all)
| antonym | : | regressive, |
| definition | : | opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | liberal, liberalist, progressive, |
| definition | : | a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties (noun.person) |
16. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases (adj.all)
| antonym | : | regressive, |
| definition | : | (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases (adj.all) |
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