progressive

adj

1. Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
2. Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
3. Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods.

   “a progressive politician”

   “progressive business leadership”

4. Liberal.

   “Conservative movements were far more progressive than the standard religious narrative of the decade alleges and the notoriously progressive ethos of the era was far more conservative than our collective memory has recognized.”

   “Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin on Wednesday called for “action, not words” from Democrats, criticizing the approach of some in the progressive wing of the party.”

5. Of or relating to progressive education.

   “a progressive school”

6. Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
7. Advancing in severity.

   “progressive paralysis”

8. Continuous.
9. Belonging to or supporting a Progressive Party.
10. Of or pertaining to such a party, its policies, or its membership.

noun

1. One with liberal or progressive political beliefs.

   “The progressives want to legalise gay marriage.”

   “Not long ago, few progressives imagined this day would come. They assumed the MAGA movement had been discredited by the shocking images that emerged from the January 6 insurrection, and that Trump was politically weakened by the barrage of criminal charges against him.”

2. A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
3. A progressive verb; a verb used in the progressive tense and (in English) generally conjugated to end in -ing.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of progressive dinner
5. A member or supporter of a Progressive Party.