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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 catena, catenation, concatenation, consecution, nexus, progression, sequence, string, train
2
forward movement in time or place <our progression was slow but steady>
Synonyms advancement, furtherance, going, headway, march, onrush, passage, process, procession, progress, progression
Related Words current, drift, flow, flux, stream, way; advent, approach, arrival, coming, nearing; bound, jump, leap, step, stride; impetus, momentum
Near Antonyms backwash, ebb, reflux; retraction, return, reversal, reverse; about-face, turnabout, turnaround
3
the act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced <that civilization's gradual progression from simple bartering to a complex economy and monetary system>
Related Words advancement, betterment, improvement, perfection, refinement; incubation, maturation, maturing, ripening; blossoming, flourishing, flowering; addition, augmentation, enhancement, supplementation; emergence, evolvement, metamorphosis
Near Antonyms backslide, lapse, relapse; decadence, decay, decaying, declension, declination, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, degradation, descent, deterioration, devaluation, downfall, downgrade, ebbing, falling, weakening
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