Hip
Hip adjective - Being in the latest or current fashion.
Progressive and hip are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Progressive" instead an adjective "Hip".
Progressive
Progressive adjective - Being far along in development.
Hip and progressive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hip" instead an adjective "Progressive".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Britta and her "lesbian" friend from "Early 21st Century Romanticism" are both straight, both think that the other is a lesbian, and both only befriended the other so they could feel hip and progressive for having a lesbian friend.
Source: Series / Community - Minutes to Midnight, in the midst of all the Arena Rock, had several rap songs that felt out of place, while A Thousand Suns was progressive space rock with the occasional industrial hip-hop song.
Source: The Artifact - Hip Hop, most electronica, and progressive R&B just to name a few.
Source: Post Somethingism
Cite this Source
Progressive and Hip. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hip/progressive
Hip & Progressive. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hip/progressive>.
Progressive or Hip. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hip/progressive.
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