procession

procession

noun

Definition of PROCESSION

1

a body of individuals moving along in an orderly and often ceremonial way <a procession of mourners leaving the cemetery>

Synonyms parade, procession

Related Words progress; callithump; column, line, string, train

2

forward movement in time or place <watched the constant procession of cars headed out of the city at the start of the weekend>

Synonyms advancement, furtherance, going, headway, march, onrush, passage, process, procession, progress, progression

Related Words current, drift, flow, flux, stream, way; advent, approach, arrival, coming, nearing; bound, jump, leap, step, stride; impetus, momentum

Near Antonyms backwash, ebb, reflux; retraction, return, reversal, reverse; about-face, turnabout, turnaround

Antonyms recess, recession, regress, regression, retreat, retrogression