progressive: meaning and words from its letters
11 letters · 17 letter points · starts with P · ends with E
Meaning of progressive
adj
Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods.
Example: a progressive politician
Liberal.
Listed forms: prog.
Source: Wiktionary — progressive.
noun
One with liberal or progressive political beliefs.
Example: The progressives want to legalise gay marriage.
Listed forms: progressives, prog.
Source: Wiktionary — progressive.
noun
A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
A progressive verb; a verb used in the progressive tense and (in English) generally conjugated to end in -ing.
Listed forms: progressives, prog.
Source: Wiktionary — progressive.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for progressive.
adjective
favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
- reformist
- reform-minded
noun
a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
- progressive tense
- imperfect
- imperfect tense
- continuous tense
noun
a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is progressive in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of progressive
P(3) + R(1) + O(1) + G(2) + R(1) + E(1) + S(1) + S(1) + I(1) + V(4) + E(1) = 17 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of progressive
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from progressive
351 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in progressive. Showing up to 24, longest first.