Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

progressive

/pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.34 in modern English

Syllables: pro-gress-ive
IPA: /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.

adj

Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.

adj

Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods.

adj

adj

Of or relating to progressive education.

adj

Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.

adj

Advancing in severity.

adj

Example Sentences

"a progressive politician"
"progressive business leadership"
"Conservative movements were far more progressive than the standard religious narrative of the decade alleges and the notoriously progressive ethos of the era was far more conservative than our collective memory has recognized."
"Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin on Wednesday called for “action, not words” from Democrats, criticizing the approach of some in the progressive wing of the party."
"a progressive school"
"progressive paralysis"

Etymology

From the Middle French progressif, from the Latin prōgressīvus, from prōgredior (perfect participial stem: prōgress-) + -īvus. Displaced native Old English forþgenġe. By surface analysis, progress + -ive.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/
British English: /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/

Inflected Forms

more progressive (comparative) most progressive (superlative) prog. (alternative, abbreviation) prog (alternative, clipping) progressives (plural)

Derived Forms

antiprogressive atheroprogressive brogressive fauxgressive hyperprogressive improgressive neoprogressive neuroprogressive nonprogressive oligoprogressive progressism progressively

Phrases

progressive aspect progressive assimilation progressive bluegrass progressive creationism progressive creationist progressive dinner progressive enhancement progressive euchre

Frequently Paired Words

progress

Synonyms

reformist reform-minded liberal liberalist progressive tense imperfect imperfect tense continuous tense

Antonyms

regressive non-progressive conservative reactionary

Rhymes With

impressive aggressive excessive successive oppressive obsessive expressive depressive possessive repressive regressive recessive

Questions

How do you pronounce progressive?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/.
What does progressive mean?: Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
Where does progressive come from?: From the Middle French progressif, from the Latin prōgressīvus, from prōgredior (perfect participial stem: prōgress-) + -īvus. Displaced native Old English forþgenġe. By surface analysis, progress + -ive.

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