progressive

progressive is a 11-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde.
2. adjective. Improving; as, art is in a progressive state.
3. noun. a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

   Synonyms: liberal, liberalist

4. noun. a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

   Synonyms: imperfect

5. adjective. advancing in severity

   "progressive paralysis"

6. adjective. favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)

   Synonyms: reformist

7. adjective. (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"

8. adjective. favoring or promoting progress

   "progressive schools"

9. adjective. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
10. adjective. gradually advancing in extent

Synonyms

liberal, liberalist, imperfect, reformist

Common word forms

progressives, progressively, progressiveness

Words from these letters

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