| Main Entry: | breakthrough |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advance, progress |
Synonyms: |
boost, development, discovery, find, finding, gain, hike, improvement, increase, invention, leap, progress, quantum leap, rise, step forward |
Antonyms: |
step back, step backward |
| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | improvement, progress in development |
Synonyms: |
advancement, amelioration, betterment, boost, break*, breakthrough, buildup, development, enrichment, furtherance, gain, go-ahead, growth, headway, increase, progress, promotion, rise, step, up, upgrade, upping |
| 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: |
block, failure, impediment, recession, stagnation |
| Main Entry: | advanced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ahead in position, time, manner |
Synonyms: |
avant-garde, breakthrough, cutting-edge, excellent, exceptional, extreme, first, foremost, forward, higher, late, leading, leading-edge, liberal, precocious, progressive, radical, state-of-the-art*, unconventional |
Antonyms: |
after, behind |
| Main Entry: | boost |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | increase |
Synonyms: |
addition, advance, breakthrough, expansion, hike, improvement, increment, jump, lift, raise, rise, step-up, up, upgrade, wax |
Antonyms: |
blow, decrease, hindrance, setback |
| Main Entry: | discovery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | treasure; invention |
Synonyms: |
algorithm, bonanza*, breakthrough, conclusion, contrivance, coup, data, design, device, find, finding, formula, godsend, innovation, law, luck, luck out, machine, method, principle, process, result, secret, theorem, way |
Antonyms: |
loss |
| Main Entry: | increase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addition, growth |
Synonyms: |
access, accession, accretion, accrual, accumulation, aggrandizement, augmentation, boost, breakthrough, burgeoning, cumulation, development, elaboration, enlargement, escalation, exaggeration, expansion, extension, gain, hike, incorporation, increment, inflation, intensification, maximization, merger, multiplication, optimization, raise, rise, spread, step-up, surge, swell, swelling, upgrade, upsurge, upturn, waxing |
Antonyms: |
decrease, depletion, diminishment, loss, subtraction |
| Main Entry: | milestone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement |
Synonyms: |
anniversary, breakthrough, discovery, event, landmark, milepost, occasion, turning point, waypost |
| Main Entry: | progress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advancement, gain |
Synonyms: |
advance, amelioration, anabasis, betterment, boost, break, breakthrough, buildup, course, dash, development, evolution, evolvement, expedition, flowering, growth, headway, hike, impetus, improvement, increase, journey, lunge, march, momentum, motion, movement, ongoing, pace, passage, process, procession, proficiency, progression, promotion, rate, rise, step forward, stride, tour, unfolding, voyage, way |
Antonyms: |
decline, decrease, deterioration, retreat, retrogression |
| Main Entry: | progression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | progress |
Synonyms: |
advance, advancement, amelioration, betterment, boost, break, breakthrough, development, evolution, evolvement, forward march, furtherance, getting ahead, giant strides, going forward, growth, headway, improvement, promotion, step forward |
| Main Entry: | promotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | higher position in organization |
Synonyms: |
advance, advancement, advocacy, aggrandizement, backing, betterment, boost, break, breakthrough, buildup, bump, elevation, encouragement, ennoblement, exaltation, favoring, furtherance, go-ahead, hike, honor, improvement, jump, jump up, lift, move up, preference, preferment, prelation, progress, raise, rise, step up, support, upgrade, upgrading |
Antonyms: |
demotion |