Overview of noun progressive

The noun progressive has 2 senses

• progressive, progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, continuous tense -- (a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going)


• liberal, liberalist, 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 6 senses

• progressive -- (favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools")


• progressive, reformist, reform-minded -- (favoring or promoting reform (often by government action))


• progressive -- ((of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases)


• progressive -- (gradually advancing in extent)


• progressive -- ((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")


• progressive -- (advancing in severity; "progressive paralysis")