1. Happening or developing gradually over time
   "The progressive spread of the disease was concerning"
    
2. Favouring or promoting innovation or advancement
   "progressive schools"
    
3. (government) favouring or promoting reform, often by government action
   "The progressive politician proposed sweeping changes to the tax system";
   - reformist, reform-minded
    
4. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
   "The progressive tax system aimed to distribute the tax burden more equitably"
    
5. (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position
   "progressive euchre"; "progressive tournaments"
    
6. Advancing in severity
   "progressive paralysis"

1. A person who favours a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
   "The progressive advocated for stronger environmental protection laws";
   - liberal, liberalist
    
2. A tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
   "In 'I was reading', 'was reading' is in the progressive tense";
   - progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, continuous tense

Derived forms: progressives

See also: active, advanced, advancing, degressive, forward, forward-looking, forward-moving, forward-thinking, increasing, industrial, innovative, liberal, modern, modernised [Brit], modernized, ordered, state-of-the-art

Type of: actor, doer, tense, worker

Antonym: regressive

Encyclopedia: Progressive, Civic and Social Front