| Main Entry: |
progressive |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
liberal; growing |
Synonyms: |
accelerating,
advanced, advancing,
avant-garde*, bleeding-heart,
broad, broad-minded,
continuing,
continuous, developing,
dynamic,
enlightened,
enterprising, escalating, forward-looking, go-ahead,
gradual, graduated,
increasing, intensifying, left of center,
left*,
lenient,
modern,
ongoing, onward,
open-minded,
radical, reformist,
revolutionary,
tolerant, up-and-coming,
up-to-date,
wide
|
Antonyms: |
conservative, moderate
|
* = informal/non-formal usage
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