progressive

progressive
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. enterprising, advanced, moving; improving, advancing; successive, continuing, continuous. See continuity, improvement, progression.Ant., regressive.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [In mounting sequence]
Syn. advancing, mounting, rising, increasing, growing, continuous, successive, following, adding, multiplying, consecutive, gradual, serial, unbroken, uninterrupted, endless, regular, methodical, uniform; see also moving 1 .
Ant. firm*, stationary, immovable.
2. [Receptive to New ideas]
Syn. tolerant, lenient, openminded, reformist, revisionist; see also liberal 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
forward-looking, modern-minded, prodevelopment, cutting edge, twenty-first century, advancing, liberal, visionary, revolutionary, evolutionary, reformist, dynamic.
ANT.: conservative, unchanging, static, abiding, regressive
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Ahead of current trends or customs: advanced, forward, precocious. See PRECEDE. 2. Not narrow or conservative in thought, expression, or conduct: broad, broad-minded, liberal, open-minded, tolerant. See ATTITUDE, WIDE. 3. Favoring civil liberties and social progress: liberal, liberalistic. See POLITICS. II noun A person with liberal political opinions: liberal, liberalise See POLITICS.

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