Synonyms of breakthroughs

breakthroughs

noun

plural of breakthrough

as in improvements

an instance of notable progress in the development of knowledge, technology, or skill

Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin was one of medicine's great breakthroughs, for penicillin became the first antibiotic to successfully combat bacterial infections in humans

Synonyms & Similar Words

• improvements
• advances
• advancements
• developments
• innovations
• refinements
• enhancements
• discoveries
• educations
• evolutions
• increases
• gestations
• ameliorations
• betterments
• enlightenments
• upswings
• upturns
• civilizations
• revivals
• maturations
• perfections
• growths
• inventions
• quantum leaps
• windfalls
• elaborations
• upgrades
• edifications
• finds
• expansions
• uplifts
• meliorations
• renaissances
• uptrends
• boosts
• renascences

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• setbacks
• breakdowns
• impediments
• crashes
• reductions
• collapses
• hindrances
• failings
• stumbling blocks
• decreases
• lapses
• shortcomings
• declines
• degenerations
• drawbacks
• impairments
• glitches
• decays
• downgrades
• deteriorations
• descents
• declensions
• detriments
• diminishments
• decadences
• languishments
• disablements

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of breakthroughs

Medical professionals are trained to treat patients using all the skills, treatments and medical breakthroughs at their disposal. —Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026

There are no dramatic, sudden huge improvements or breakthroughs in the girls high jump. —Glenn Reeves, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026

In the course of the narrative, as John is embraced by friends and assaulted by strangers, Jones’s storytelling veers between breakthroughs and setbacks with a rhythm so mechanical as to verge on metronomic. —Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026

Scientists hope to unlock fundamental biological secrets that could eventually lead to breakthroughs in human neurology. —Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026

For decades, Boston’s healthcare economy has been defined by breakthroughs — new therapies, new technologies, new ways to treat disease. —Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 17 Apr. 2026

The visitors were briefed on Connecticut’s educational infrastructure, its involvement in research breakthroughs in quantum computing, and its manufacturing workforce. —P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026

Those in-between-life moments can lead to breakthroughs. —Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026

One of the most important breakthroughs in modern medicine, polio cases eventually numbered less than a hundred worldwide. —Usa Today, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026