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progression

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of progression

1 a series of things linked together

  • a progression of events that ended in utter disaster for the arctic explorers
Synonyms of progression

catena, catenation, chain, concatenation, consecution, nexus, sequence, string, train
Words Related to progression

chain reaction

belt, circle, cycle, vicious circle (also vicious cycle)

continuum, gamut, gauntlet (also gantlet), scale, spectrum

flow, river, stream

file, line, queue, range, row, succession

2 forward movement in time or place

  • our progression was slow but steady
Synonyms of progression

advance, advancement, furtherance, going, headway, march, onrush, passage, process, procession, progress
Words Related to progression

current, drift, flow, flux, stream, way

advent, approach, arrival, coming, nearing

bound, jump, leap, step, stride

impetus, momentum
Near Antonyms of progression

backwash, ebb, reflux

retraction, return, reversal, reverse

about-face, turnabout, turnaround
Antonyms of progression

recess, recession, regress, regression, retreat, retrogression

3 the act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced

  • that civilizationʼs gradual progression from simple bartering to a complex economy and monetary system
Synonyms of progression

development, elaboration, evolution, expansion, growth, progress
Words Related to progression

advancement, betterment, improvement, perfection, refinement

incubation, maturation, maturing, ripening

blossoming, flourishing, flowering

addition, augmentation, enhancement, supplementation

emergence, evolvement, metamorphosis
Near Antonyms of progression

backslide, lapse, relapse

decadence, decay, decaying, declension, declination, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, degradation, descent, deterioration, devaluation, downfall, downgrade, ebbing, falling, weakening
Antonyms of progression

regress, regression, retrogression, reversion

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