progressive
definition: advancing in severity
example: progressive paralysis
speech part: adjective
synonyms:
definition: favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
example:
speech part: adjective
synonyms:
reformist
reform-minded
definition: (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position
example: progressive euchre
speech part: adjective
synonyms:
definition: favoring or promoting progress
example: progressive schools
speech part: adjective
synonyms:
definition: of taxes, adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
example: The legislator believed that progressive taxation was the fairest way to distribute the costs of society.
speech part: adjective
synonyms:
definition: gradually advancing in extent
example:
speech part: adjective
synonyms:
definition: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
example:
speech part: noun
synonyms:
liberal
liberalist
definition: a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
example:
speech part: noun