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Main Entry: advanced
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ahead in position, time, manner
Synonyms: avant-garde, breakthrough, excellent, exceptional, extreme, first, foremost, forward, higher, late, leading, liberal, precocious, progressive, radical, state-of-the-art*, unconventional, cutting-edge, leading-edge
Antonyms: after, behind
Main Entry: advance
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: move something forward, often quickly
Synonyms: accelerate, achieve, come forward, conquer, dispatch, drive, elevate, gain ground, get ahead, go ahead, hasten, launch, march, proceed, progress, promote, propel, quicken, skyrocket*, speed, storm, bring forward, continue ahead, continue on, forge ahead, get green light, get there, get with it, go forth, go forward, go great guns, go places, go to town, make headway, make the scene, move on, move onward, move up, press on, push ahead, push on, send forward, step forward
Notes: advance means 'steady progress' and stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end, while advancement suggests progression that is bigger, more, or beyond normal
Antonyms: back down, halt, hesitate, recede, retreat, retrogress, stop, turn, withdraw, yield
Main Entry: advance
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: promote or propose an idea
Synonyms: adduce, allege, ballyhoo, beat the drum for, benefit, boost, cite, encourage, foster, further, hype*, introduce, offer, plug*, present, proffer, puff*, push, serve, splash, spot, submit, suggest, urge, get ink for, lay forward, make a pitch for, put forward, put on the map, set forth, throw spotlight on
Antonyms: hesitate, stop, withdraw
Main Entry: advance
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give money beforehand
Synonyms: furnish, lend, loan, pay, provide
Main Entry: advance
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: increase in amount, number, or position
Synonyms: boost, develop, elevate, enlarge, grade, grow, hit the jackpot*, improve, magnify, make out*, multiply, pan out*, prefer, prosper, raise, thrive, up, upgrade, uplift, break the bank, get fat, get rich, hit pay dirt, make a killing, strike gold, strike it rich
Antonyms: decrease, take back, withdraw
Main Entry: ahead
Part of Speech: adverb
Definition: in front or advance of
Synonyms: advanced, ahead, along, ante, before, beforehand, earlier, first, fore, foremost, forward, leading, on, onward, precedent, preceding, previous, advancing, antecedently, at an advantage, at the head, forwards, in the foreground, in the lead, onwards, precedently, progressing, to the fore
Antonyms: behind
Main Entry: beforehand
Part of Speech: adjective, adverb
Definition: early
Synonyms: advanced, ahead, ahead of time, already, ante, before, earlier, fore, precocious, previous, previously, antecedently, before now, in advance, in anticipation, precedently, sooner
Antonyms: after, afterward, behind, later
Main Entry: broad-minded
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: liberal
Synonyms: advanced, catholic, cosmopolitan, dispassionate, flexible, indulgent, liberal, open, open-minded, permissive, progressive, radical, receptive, responsive, tolerant, unbiased, unprejudiced, wide, free-thinking, unbigoted, undogmatic
Antonyms: close-minded, small-minded
Main Entry: civilized
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: polished
Synonyms: advanced, civil, cultured, educated, enlightened, humane, refined, sophisticated, urbane
Main Entry: front
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lead, beginning
Synonyms: advanced, ahead, anterior, first, fore, foremost, forward, head, leading, obverse, facial, frontal, headmost, in the foreground, topmost, vanward, ventral
Antonyms: back, ending, final, rear, finishing
Main Entry: futuristic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ahead of one's time
Synonyms: advanced, cutting edge, innovative, modern, revolutionary, visionary, pioneering
Main Entry: precocious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: exceptionally smart, ahead of age in understanding
Synonyms: advanced, aggressive, ahead of time, beforehand, bold, brassy*, bright, cheeky*, cocky*, developed, early, flip*, flippant, forward, fresh, intelligent, mature, nervy, premature, presumptuous, pushy, quick, sassy*, smart-alecky
Antonyms: stupid
Main Entry: progressive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: liberal; growing
Synonyms: advanced, avant-garde*, broad, broad-minded, continuing, continuous, dynamic, enlightened, enterprising, go-ahead*, gradual, graduated, increasing, left*, lenient, modern, ongoing, onward, open-minded, radical, revolutionary, tolerant, up-and-coming*, up-to-date, wide, accelerating, advancing, bleeding-heart, developing, escalating, forward-looking, intensifying, left of center, reformist
Antonyms: conservative, moderate
Main Entry: state-of-the-art
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: pertaining to highest level of development at time
Synonyms: advanced, au courant, avant-garde, contemporary, cutting edge*, cutting edge, fashionable, forefront, latest, leading edge, modern, modernistic, new, newfangled, red-hot*, stylish, trendy, ultramodern, up-to-date, all the rage, brand-new, in, in-thing, most recent, newest, trendsetting, up-to-the-minute
Main Entry: tolerant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: open-minded, easygoing
Synonyms: advanced, benevolent, big, broad, broad-minded, catholic, charitable, clement, complaisant, condoning, fair, forbearing, forgiving, free and easy, humane, indulgent, kindhearted*, lax, lenient, liberal, long-suffering*, magnanimous, merciful, patient, permissive, progressive, radical, receptive, soft, sophisticated, sympathetic, understanding, unprejudiced, wide, easy on, easy with, excusing
Antonyms: biased, intolerant, narrow-minded, prejudiced, disapproving
Main Entry: ultramodern
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: up-to-date
Synonyms: advanced, avant-garde, contemporary, current, fresh, futuristic, latest, modernistic, modish, new, now, revolutionary, state-of-the-art*, stylish, ahead of its time, cutting-edge, leading-edge, new-fashioned, nontraditional, present-day, today, twenty-first century, up-to-the-minute
Main Entry: up-to-date
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: current
Synonyms: abreast, advanced, au courant, avant-garde, contemporary, current, cutting edge*, cutting edge, dashing, expedient, fashionable, fitting, happening, hot*, in vogue, modern, modern, modernistic, modish, new, newfangled, now*, opportune, popular, red-hot*, state of the art, state-of-the-art*, stylish, suitable, timely, trendy, up*, with it*, all the rage, brand-new, faddish, in, in fashion, in-thing, neoteric, newest, today, up-to-the-minute, with-it, à la mode
Antonyms: old, out-of-date, outdated, past
Main Entry: developed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: grown
Synonyms: advanced, matured, refined
Main Entry: loaned
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lent
Synonyms: advanced, given, granted, let, bestowed, entrusted, intrusted, leased, on credit
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