1. Moving forward
   "The advancing army quickly overwhelmed the defensive positions";
   - forward, forward-moving

1. Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
   "Time advances";
   - progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
    
2. Bring forward for consideration or acceptance
   "advance an argument";
   - throw out
    
3. Improve in performance or condition; develop and move forward
   "He advanced well in school";
   - progress, come on, come along, get on, get along, shape up
    
4. Become more developed and sophisticated
   "We are advancing technology every day"
    
5. Help to progress or develop by actively supporting or advocating
   "I am advancing the use of computers in the classroom";
   - promote, boost, further, encourage
    
6. Cause to move forward
   "The general advanced his troops";
   - bring forward
    
7. Increase or raise significantly
   "advance the voltage in an electrical circuit";
   - boost, supercharge
    
8. Rise in rate or price
   "The stock market advanced 24 points today";
   - gain
    
9. Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
   "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms";
   - promote, upgrade, kick upstairs [informal], raise, elevate
    
10. Pay in advance
    "Can you advance me some money?"
     
11. Make progress or become more successful; obtain an advantage
    "The company continued to advance in the market";
    - gain, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground, forge ahead
     
12. Move (a clock or timepiece) forward by some amount of time
    "we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward"

See also: go, progressive

Type of: advise, ameliorate, amend, assign, back up, better, climb, delegate, depute, designate, develop, displace, go, improve, increase, lend, loan, locomote, meliorate, mend, mount, move, obtain, propose, rise, set, suggest, support, travel, wax

Antonym: back, drop off, recede

Encyclopedia: Advance, NC