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step-by-step

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of step-by-step

proceeding or changing by steps or degrees

  • the incessant step-by-step advance of the enemy's troops could no longer be resisted
Synonyms of step-by-step

gradational, gradual, incremental, phased, piecemeal
Words Related to step-by-step

progressive, stepped, tapered

imperceptible, inching

decrescent, increscent
Near Antonyms of step-by-step

discontinuous, saltatory

acute, sharp

changeable, dynamic, meteoric, volatile
Antonyms of step-by-step

abrupt, sudden

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