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Showing words for PROGRESSIVE using the English dictionary

11 Letter Words for Progressive

progressive

9 Letter Words for Progressive

overpress, previsors, serpigoes

8 Letter Words for Progressive

egressor, gossipee, gossiper, grievers, overripe, overrise, pressive, previses, previsor, prioress, priseres, progress, reposers, reprises, reprives, reproves, respires, reversis, reversos, revisers, roperies, roseries, rosieres, viperess

7 Letter Words for Progressive

erosive, esprise, esprove, gorsier, griever, grieves, gripers, gropers, grosers, grosser, grovers, ivresse, orrises, peroses, perosis, perries, poesies, poisers, porgies, presser, pressie, pressor, prieves, prisere, prisers, prosers, prosier, prosser, prossie, provers, regives, regress, reivers, reposer, reposes, repress, reprise, reprive, reprove, rerises, respire, reversi, reverso, revigor, reviser, revises, rievers, risorse, rosiere, rosiers, sergers, sergipe, serpigo, serries, servers, siegers, sirrees, soirees, sorries, sperres, sverige, vergers, versers, vespers, virgers, viroses

6 Letter Words for Progressive

egress, eposes, eprise, eroses, esopgi, espier, espies, esrogs, essive, gerres, gerris, gipser, givees, givers, gorier, gorses, gossep, gossip, greses, greves, grieve, griper, gripes, groper, gropes, groser, grosse, grover, groves, ogives, ogress, orgies, osiers, oviger, peiser, perrie, perses, persio, persis, perves, pierre, pisser, poesie, poesis, pogies, poiser, poises, porers, porger, porges, porgie, porier, posers, posier, posies, posser, possie, preser, preses, priers, prieve, priors, priser, prores, proser, proses, prover, proves, psovie, regive, regrip, reises, reiver, reives, reorgs, repegs, repose, repros, repses, rerigs, rerise, rerope, rerose, revers, revies, revise, revoir, riever, rieves, rigors, ripers, risers, risper, risser, rivers, rivose, rogers, ropers, ropier, rosier, rosies, rosser, rovers, seisor, sepose, serger, serges, series, serose, serres, server, serves, servos, severs, sevier, sevres, sieger, sieges, siever, sieves, sipers, sirree, sivers, soever, sogers, soiree, sorees, speers, speirs, speise, sperre, sperse, spiers, spires, spores, sprees, sprier, sprigs, sprogs, sprose, vegies, verger, verges, verier, verser, verses, versor, versos, vesper, vigors, vipers, vireos, virger, virges, virgos, virose, visors, vogier

5 Letter Words for Progressive

egers, epris, erose, erses, esrog, evoes, geeps, geres, gerip, gesse, gesso, giros, girrs, girse, givee, giver, gives, goers, goier, gorer, gores, gorps, gorse, gosse, grees, grese, greve, gripe, grips, grope, gross, grove, ireos, irreg, isere, ogees, ogive, ogres, orris, osier, overs, peers, peres, peris, perse, perve, pervs, pesos, piers, pirog, pisos, poire, poise, porer, pores, porge, poser, poses, posse, prees, press, prier, pries, prigs, prior, priss, progs, prore, prose, pross, prove, reges, regie, regos, reive, reorg, repeg, repos, repro, rerig, rever, revie, rieve, rigor, riper, ripes, riser, rises, risps, river, rives, rivos, roger, roper, ropes, rores, rorie, roser, roses, rover, roves, seeps, seers, segos, seige, seirs, seise, serer, seres, serge, serio, serre, serrs, serve, servo, sever, siege, sieve, siper, sipes, sires, sirop, siros, siver, soger, soree, sorer, sores, sosie, speer, speir, speos, spier, spies, spire, spiro, spise, spivs, spore, spree, sprig, sprog, veeps, veers, veges, vegie, vepse, verge, vergi, verre, verse, verso, viers, vigor, viper, vireo, virge, virgo, vises, visor, vogie

4 Letter Words for Progressive

eger, egos, eire, epos, erer, eres, ergo, ergs, erie, eris, eros, errs, erse, eses, esop, esse, ever, eves, evoe, geep, geer, gees, geir, geos, gere, gers, gess, gies, gios, gire, giro, girr, gise, give, goer, goes, gois, gore, gorp, goss, gove, govs, gpss, gree, grip, gris, gros, ipse, ipso, ires, irpe, isos, ogee, ogre, opes, ores, orig, oses, osse, over, ovis, peer, pees, pegs, pere, peri, pers, perv, peso, pess, pier, pies, pigs, pirr, pirs, pise, piso, piss, pois, pore, porr, pose, poss, pree, pres, prie, prig, prio, priv, prog, pros, prov, psig, psis, rees, rego, regr, regs, repo, repr, reps, resp, reve, revs, rier, ries, rigs, ripe, rips, rise, risp, rive, rivo, roer, roes, rope, rose, ross, rove, rsvp, seep, seer, sees, sego, segs, seir, seis, seor, sepg, seps, sere, serg, sero, serr, sers, serv, sese, seve, sier, sipe, sips, sire, sirs, sise, sogs, soir, sope, sops, sore, sori, sovs, spie, spig, spiv, spor, sris, svgs, veep, veer, vees, veps, veri, vers, vese, vesp, vier, vies, vigs, vips, vise, viss, voes, vors

3 Letter Words for Progressive

eeg, eer, ego, eir, eos, epi, ere, erg, err, ers, ese, esp, esr, ess, eve, evg, gee, geo, ger, gie, gio, gis, goi, gop, gor, gos, gov, gps, gro, grr, grs, ios, ipo, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, iso, ive, oer, oes, oie, ois, ope, ops, opv, ore, org, ors, ose, osi, pee, peg, per, pes, pie, pig, pir, pis, poi, por, pos, pre, pro, prs, psi, ree, reg, rei, rep, res, rev, rie, rig, rio, rip, riv, roe, rog, roi, ros, rps, see, seg, sei, sep, ser, sie, sig, sip, sir, sis, sog, sop, sov, sps, sri, sse, ssp, vee, veg, vei, ver, vie, vig, vip, vis, voe, vog, vor, vss

Definitions for Progressive

[1] favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
[2] making progress toward better conditions; employing or advocating more enlightened or liberal ideas, new or experimental methods, etc.: a progressive community.
[3] characterized by such progress, or by continuous improvement.
[4] (initial capital letter ) of or relating to any of the Progressive parties in politics.
[5] going forward or onward; passing successively from one member of a series to the next; proceeding step by step.
[6] noting or pertaining to a form of taxation in which the rate increases with certain increases in taxable income.
[7] of or relating to progressive education: progressive schools.
[8] Grammar . noting a verb aspect or other verb category that indicates action or state going on at a temporal point of reference.
[9] Medicine/Medical . continuously increasing in extent or severity, as a disease.
[10] a person who is progressive or who favors progress or reform, especially in political matters.
[11] (initial capital letter ) a member of a Progressive party.
[12] Grammar . the progressive aspect. a verb form or construction in the progressive, as are thinking in They are thinking about it.
[13] of or relating to progress
[14] proceeding or progressing by steps or degrees
[15] (often capital) favouring or promoting political or social reform through government action, or even revolution, to improve the lot of the majority a progressive policy
[16] denoting or relating to an educational system that allows flexibility in learning procedures, based on activities determined by the needs and capacities of the individual child, the aim of which is to integrate academic with social development
[17] (of a tax or tax system) graduated so that the rate increases relative to the amount taxed Compare regressive (def. 2)
[18] (esp of a disease) advancing in severity, complexity, or extent
[19] (of a dance, card game, etc) involving a regular change of partners after one figure, one game, etc
[20] denoting an aspect of verbs in some languages, including English, used to express prolonged or continuous activity as opposed to momentary or habitual activity a progressive aspect of the verb ``to walk'' is ``is walking.''
[21] a person who advocates progress, as in education, politics, etc
[22] the progressive aspect of a verb a verb in this aspect
[23] US history a member or supporter of a Progressive Party
[24] Canadian history a member or supporter of a chiefly agrarian reform movement advocating the nationalization of railways, low tariffs, an end to party politics, and similar measures: important in the early 1920s
[25] of, relating to, or characteristic of a Progressive Party, Progressive movement, or Progressives

Words related to Progressive

revolutionary, continuous, radical, modern, dynamic, tolerant, gradual, enlightened, forward-looking, reformist, broad, avant-garde, go-ahead, left, developing, advanced, broad-minded, continuing, enterprising, graduated

Words nearby Progressive

progress chaser, progress payment, progression, progressionist, progressist, progressive, progressive assimilation, progressive bulbar paralysis, progressive cataract, progressive cerebral poliodystrophy, progressive conservative

Origin of Progressive

First recorded in 1600–10; progress + -ive

Other words from Progressive

pro·gres·sive·ly , adverb
pro·gres·sive·ness , pro·gres·siv·i·ty [proh-gre-siv -i-tee] /ˌproʊ grɛˈsɪv ɪ ti/ , noun
an·ti·pro·gres·sive , adjective
non·pro·gres·sive , adjective, noun
non·pro·gres·sive·ly , adverb
non·pro·gres·sive·ness , noun
qua·si-pro·gres·sive , adjective
qua·si-pro·gres·sive·ly , adverb
sem·i·pro·gres·sive , adjective, noun
sem·i·pro·gres·sive·ly , adverb
sem·i·pro·gres·sive·ness , noun
ul·tra·pro·gres·sive , adjective, noun
ul·tra·pro·gres·sive·ly , adverb
ul·tra·pro·gres·sive·ness , noun
un·pro·gres·sive , adjective
un·pro·gres·sive·ly , adverb
un·pro·gres·sive·ness , noun

Synonyms for Progressive

continuous, dynamic, enlightened, forward-looking, gradual, modern, radical, reformist, revolutionary, tolerant, avant-garde, broad, developing, go-ahead, left, accelerating, advanced, advancing, bleeding-heart, broad-minded, continuing, enterprising, escalating, graduated, increasing, intensifying, left of center, lenient, ongoing, onward, open-minded, up-and-coming, up-to-date, wide