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furtherance

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of furtherance

forward movement in time or place

the 1965 Civil Rights Act was a major step in the furtherance of social justice in the U.S.

Synonyms of furtherance

advance, advancement, going, headway, march, onrush, passage, process, procession, progress, progression

Words Related to furtherance

current, drift, flow, flux, stream, way

advent, approach, arrival, coming, nearing

bound, jump, leap, step, stride

impetus, momentum

Near Antonyms of furtherance

backwash, ebb, reflux

retraction, return, reversal, reverse

about-face, turnabout, turnaround

Antonyms of furtherance

recess, recession, regress, regression, retreat, retrogression

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