Progressive - Definition
progressive
adj 1: favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools"
[ant: regressive]
2: favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
[syn: progressive, reformist, reform-minded]
3: (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount
of income increases [ant: regressive]
4: gradually advancing in extent
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"
n 1: a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
[syn: progressive, progressive tense, imperfect,
imperfect tense, continuous tense]
2: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and
reform and the protection of civil liberties [syn: liberal,
liberalist, progressive] [ant: conservative,
conservativist]