PROGRESSIVE

(noun) a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
synonyms : liberal , liberalist
(noun) a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
synonyms : continuous tense , imperfect , imperfect tense , progressive tense
(adj.) favoring or promoting progress
"progressive schools"
(adj.) (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
(adj.) advancing in severity
"progressive paralysis"
(adj.) favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
synonyms : reform-minded , reformist
(adj.) (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"
(adj.) gradually advancing in extent

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