Advance
Advance noun - Forward movement in time or place.
Usage example: during her long convalescence, the housebound woman was barely aware of the advance of the seasons
Process is a synonym for advance in development topic. In some cases you can use "Process" instead a noun "Advance".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
How words are described
| human | human advance | human process |
| full | full advance | full process |
| similar | similar advance | similar process |
| short | short advance | short process |
| Other adjectives: complete, original, real, new, scientific, evolutionary. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Enemies would work in squads, provide covering fire for each other, advance under covering fire, fire from behind cover intelligently, and use cover to flank and circle around the player instead of charging straight for him and making themselves an open target in the process.
Source: Artificial Brilliance - In reality, he single-handedly holds up the South African advance, saving Namibia in the process.
Source: Literature / Vortex -
You've already said I was (99 sticks Max's gun back into his pants, in the process making an almost sexual advance on him) Hey.
Source: Film / Get Smart
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Process and Advance. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/advance/process
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