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Progress

A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance

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Informal equivalent 1

Traction 86% connected

The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn; as, the traction of a muscle.

words for progress 62% interchangeable less formal

Evidence that an idea or activity is gaining support or movement.

Verb group 2

Build 84% connected

To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

Build 84% connected

To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Narrower term 9

Career 76% connected

A race course: the ground run over.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Forwarding 76% connected

of Forward

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Furtherance 76% connected

The act of furthering or helping forward; promotion; advancement; progress.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Head 76% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Headway 76% connected

The progress made by a ship in motion; hence, progress or success of any kind.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Leapfrog 76% connected

A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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March 76% connected

The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Push 76% connected

A pustule; a pimple.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stride 76% connected

To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 17

Climb 76% connected

To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Edge 76% connected

The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Elapse 76% connected

To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Encroach 76% connected

To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonly with on or upon; a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Forge 76% connected

A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., wh…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Impinge 76% connected

To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to ciash with; -- with on or upon.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inch 76% connected

An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Infringe 76% connected

To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill or obey; as, to infringe a law or contract.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lapse 76% connected

A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Leapfrog 76% connected

A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Overhaul 76% connected

To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Overtake 76% connected

To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Penetrate 76% connected

To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ratchet 76% connected

A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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String 76% connected

A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larg…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 7

Develop 76% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Development 76% connected

The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an ima…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Motion 76% connected

The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Movement 76% connected

The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 6

Advance 74% connected

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Advance 74% connected

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Build 74% connected

To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Build 74% connected

To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Improvement 74% connected

The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of th…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Improvement 74% connected

The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of th…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

See also 2

Travel 66% connected

To labor; to travail.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Travel 66% connected

To labor; to travail.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Advance 92% connected

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Advancement 92% connected

The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance; promotion to a higher place or dignity; as, the advancem…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Build 92% connected

To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Procession 92% connected

The act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Progression 92% connected

The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Professional alternative 5

Advance 84% connected

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

words for progress 55% interchangeable

Move forward or develop.

Delivery 84% connected

The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

words for progress 55% interchangeable

Completion or provision of an agreed result.

Improvement 84% connected

The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of th…

words for progress 55% interchangeable

A change that makes something better.

Momentum 84% connected

The quantity of motion in a moving body, being always proportioned to the quantity of matter multiplied into the velocity; impetus.

words for progress 55% interchangeable

Growing strength or pace of progress.

Antonym 2

Retreat 94% connected

The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Retreat 94% connected

The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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