progressive

adj 1: favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools" [ant:

{regressive}]

2: favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)

[syn: {reformist}]

3: (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount

increases [ant: {regressive}]

4: gradually advancing in extent

5: of illness; marked by gradual deterioration of organs and

cells along with loss of function; "degenerative diseases

of old age" [syn: {degenerative}]

6: advancing in severity; "progressive paralysis"

n 1: a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

[syn: {progressive tense}, {imperfect}, {imperfect tense},

{continuous tense}]

2: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and

reform and the protection of civil liberties [syn: {liberal}]

[ant: {conservative}]