Synonyms of furtherance

furtherance

noun

ˈfərt͟h-rən(t)s 

as in advance

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 & Similar Words

• advance
• advancement
• progress
• process
• progression
• procession
• going
• march
• headway
• passage
• flow
• leap
• coming
• onrush
• stream
• approach
• current
• way
• advent
• arrival
• nearing
• drift
• impetus
• bound
• step
• flux
• momentum
• jump
• stride

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• regression
• retrogression
• retreat
• recession
• return
• regress
• recess
• ebb
• reverse
• reversal
• reflux
• retraction
• turnaround
• backwash
• turnabout
• about-face

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of furtherance

This comes after Gonzalez pleaded guilty in July 2024 to conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, and last October to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. — Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026

The charges were trafficking in firearms, possession of a machine gun and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crime. — Ryan Oehrli march 13, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2026

Bland pleaded guilty in November to one count of interference with commerce by robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. — Cierra Morgan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026

The men who were charged in December are facing two counts of kidnapping resulting in death and one count of causing the death of a person in furtherance of a crime of violence and drug trafficking crime. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026