Synonyms for progression
prəˈgrɛʃ ənpro·gres·sion

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1. progressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   sequence

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1. progression

   Progress (Latin pro, forward, gradior, go) is a moving onward or forward, whether in space or in the mental or moral realm, and may be either mechanical, individual, or social. Attainment, development, and proficiency are more absolute than the other words of the group, denoting some point of advantage or of comparative perfection reached by forward or onward movement; we speak of attainments in virtue or scholarship, proficiency in music or languages, the development of new powers or organs; proficiency includes the idea of skill. Advance may denote either a forward movement or the point gained by forward movement, but always relatively with reference to the point from which the movement started; as, this is a great advance. Advance admits the possibility of retreat; progress (Latin progredi, to walk forward) is steady and constant forward movement, admitting of pause, but not of retreat; advance suggests more clearly a point to be reached, while progress lays the emphasis upon the forward movement; we may speak of slow or rapid progress, but more naturally of swift advance. Progress is more frequently used of abstractions; as, the progress of ideas; progression fixes the attention chiefly upon the act of moving forward. In a thing good in itself all advance or progress is improvement; there is a growing tendency to restrict the words to this favorable sense, using increase indifferently of good or evil; one may say without limitation, "I am an advocate of progress."

   Synonyms:
   advance, advancement, attainment, development, growth, improvement, increase, proficiency, progress

   Antonyms:
   check, decline, delay, falling back, falling off, relapse, retrogression, stay, stop, stoppage

   Preposition:
   The progress of truth; progress in virtue; toward perfection; from a lower to a higher state.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. progression

   Synonyms:
   series, gradation, rate

   Antonyms:
   inversion, diminution

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1. progression, patterned advancenoun

   a series with a definite pattern of advance

   Synonyms:
   progress, advancement, procession, advance, onward motion, patterned advance, forward motion

2. progress, progression, advancenoun

   a movement forward

   "he listened for the progress of the troops"

   Synonyms:
   progress, advancement, procession, advance, feeler, improvement, betterment, onward motion, approach, cash advance, overture, patterned advance, rise, forward motion

3. progress, progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motionnoun

   the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

   Synonyms:
   rise, forward motion, emanation, cash advance, progress, feeler, patterned advance, improvement, advancement, approach, furtherance, advance, procession, betterment, overture, onward motion, promotion

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1. • Change Of Location
   • Series

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1. progressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   advancement, advance, progress

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1. List of paraphrases for "progression":

   progress, gradation, advancement, evolution, increase, spread, growth, advance

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1. Payam Mohassel:

   What made these cases unique was the early age of onset and the slower progression of symptoms, this made us wonder what was underlying this distinct form of ALS.

2. Cade Courtley:

   It was a natural progression for a guy in the SEAL teams; it just kind of made sense, i was doing more and more of that. I was meeting some of the people, the directors, but it didn’t take long to realize that while I was a piss-poor actor, I could string sentences together.

3. Prince George:

   It's very, very difficult to 100 percent say this is what the person is going to look like because there are other things that come into it. You know, there's environmental issues, there are dieting habits. So all these things can age people very fast. So it's very, very difficult to predict it, but what we assume is a natural age progression. So from that point of view our software is roughly 80 percent accurate.

4. Shiladitya DasSarma:

   What happened I think is that the chlorophyll-based photosynthesis is more efficient, which means they generally have outcompeted the the purple organisms, in evolution, you had progression from more primitive to more complex and capable systems.

5. Access Hollywoodabout the project:

   Aviators are back, the need for speed. We’re going to have big, fast machines, it’s going to be a competition film, like the first one…but a progression for Maverick.