Entry Word: ongoing

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 being in progress or development <we do seem to be making some headway on that ongoing project> <the ever ongoing quest for knowledge by men and women of science>

Synonyms afoot, proceeding, under way

Related Words functioning, happening, operating, working; afloat, alive, going; advancing, gaining

Near Antonyms receding, regressing, retrogressing

Antonyms arrested, halted, stalled, stopped

2 existing or in progress right now <the ongoing presidential campaign> — see present 1