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

When breakthroughs are elusive, pursuing incremental gains and the steady destruction of enemy capacity becomes attractive. — Nadia Schadlow, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2026

OpenAI’s advances have a head start here because, like many other recent AI math breakthroughs, the proofs came with a formal write-up in a proof assistant language called Lean. — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026

Winning the title of Emerging Act of the Year was Ken Pomeroy, whose LP Cruel Joke was one of the best breakthroughs of 2025. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026

In a speech to the legislature, Chief Executive John Lee said the plan's goals include breakthroughs in economic development and enhanced competitiveness, as well as improving people's livelihoods and well-being. — ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

These advocates, in many cases, aren’t concerned about those issues, and believe that if humanity somehow survives the AI age, we are headed for a utopian future full of abundant health and scientific breakthroughs. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026

That’s thanks to educational institutions like the University of Toronto, and public-private research institutes like the Vector Institute, which Hinton co-founded to help commercialize AI breakthroughs. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

Given room to experiment, a group with this much know-how could surely muster some breakthroughs. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Bringing together experts from power and energy, communications, computing, robotics, biomedical engineering, and many other domains to address real-world problems, these interdisciplinary intersections are where breakthroughs emerge. — Mary Ellen Randall, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Sep. 2026