Grep  of  noun  progressive 
  future  progressive 
  future  progressive  tense 
  past  progressive 
  past  progressive  tense 
  present  progressive 
  present  progressive  tense 
  progressive 
  progressive  aspect 
  progressive  party 
  progressive  rock 
  progressive  tax 
  progressive  tense 
  progressiveness 
 
  Overview  of  noun  progressive 
 
  The  noun  progressive  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  progressive,  progressive  tense,  imperfect,  imperfect  tense,  continuous  tense  --  (a  tense  of  verbs  used  in  describing  action  that  is  on-going) 
  2.  liberal,  progressive  --  (a  person  who  favors  a  political  philosophy  of  progress  and  reform  and  the  protection  of  civil  liberties) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  progressive 
 
  The  adj  progressive  has  5  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  progressive  --  (favoring  or  promoting  progress;  "progressive  schools") 
  2.  (3)  progressive,  reformist  --  (favoring  or  promoting  reform  (often  by  government  action)) 
  3.  progressive  --  ((of  taxes)  adjusted  so  that  the  rate  increases  as  the  amount  increases) 
  4.  progressive  --  (gradually  advancing  in  extent) 
  5.  progressive  --  (advancing  in  severity;  "progressive  paralysis") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  progressive 
 
  5  senses  of  progressive 
 
  Sense  1 
  progressive  (vs.  regressive) 
 
  regressive  (vs.  progressive) 
  =>  atavistic,  throwback(postnominal) 
  =>  declining,  deteriorating,  failing,  regressing,  retrograde,  retrogressive 
  =>  returning,  reverting 
  =>  unmodernized,  unmodernised 
 
  Sense  2 
  progressive,  reformist 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  liberal)  ->  conservative 
 
  Sense  3 
  progressive  (vs.  regressive) 
 
  regressive  (vs.  progressive) 
  =>  flat,  fixed 
  =>  graduated 
 
  Sense  4 
  progressive 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  increasing)  ->  decreasing 
 
  Sense  5 
  progressive 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  active)  ->  inactive 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  progressive 
 
  5  senses  of  progressive 
 
  Sense  1 
  progressive  (vs.  regressive) 
  =>  advanced,  forward-looking,  innovative,  modern 
  =>  advancing,  forward,  forward-moving 
  =>  incremental 
  =>  modernized,  modernised 
  =>  state-of-the-art 
  Also  See->  forward#1;  industrial#2 
 
  Sense  2 
  progressive,  reformist 
  =>  liberal  (vs.  conservative) 
 
  Sense  3 
  progressive  (vs.  regressive) 
  =>  degressive 
  =>  graduated,  proportional 
 
  Sense  4 
  progressive 
  =>  increasing  (vs.  decreasing) 
 
  Sense  5 
  progressive 
  =>  active  (vs.  inactive) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  progressive 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  progressive 
 
  progressive  used  as  an  adjective  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  5) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  progressive 
  nonprogressive 
  progressive 
  unprogressive 
 
  Overview  of  noun  progressive 
 
  The  noun  progressive  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  progressive,  progressive  tense,  imperfect,  imperfect  tense,  continuous  tense  --  (a  tense  of  verbs  used  in  describing  action  that  is  on-going) 
  2.  liberal,  progressive  --  (a  person  who  favors  a  political  philosophy  of  progress  and  reform  and  the  protection  of  civil  liberties) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  progressive 
 
  The  adj  progressive  has  5  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  progressive  --  (favoring  or  promoting  progress;  "progressive  schools") 
  2.  (3)  progressive,  reformist  --  (favoring  or  promoting  reform  (often  by  government  action)) 
  3.  progressive  --  ((of  taxes)  adjusted  so  that  the  rate  increases  as  the  amount  increases) 
  4.  progressive  --  (gradually  advancing  in  extent) 
  5.  progressive  --  (advancing  in  severity;  "progressive  paralysis") 

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