Progress and Reverse

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Progress

Progress noun - Forward movement in time or place.
Usage example: we're making slow progress against this stiff headwind
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Reverse is an antonym for progress.
Nearby Words: progressive, progression, progressed, progressing, progressively

Reverse

Reverse noun - A change in status for the worse usually temporarily.
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Synonyms for Reverse
Antonyms for Reverse
Progress is an antonym for reverse in topics: failure, opposite.
Nearby Words: reversal, reversed, reversion, reversing, reversible
Similar words of progress

Similar words of reverse

How words are described

steady steady progress steady reverse
exact exact progress exact reverse
forward forward progress forward reverse
new new progress new reverse

Common collocations

link progress link reverse link
power progress power reverse power
mutation progress mutation reverse mutation

Both words in one sentence

  • In fact, there were those at the time who thought that nothing could possibly reverse their progress...until a certain war broke out in 1914...
    Source: Older Than They Think / Other
  • Humans Advance Swiftly: Subverted: Humanity's progress, while rapid, has come from reverse-engineering alien technology.
    Source: Literature / The Jenkinsverse
  • Video Game / XCOM: Enemy Unknown EXALT from Enemy Within: a pro-alien terrorist group that uses the same classes, equipment and abilities as XCOM and also reverse-engineers alien technology as the campaign goes onnote Though for reasons unknown (probably resource limitations), they never progress beyond laser weaponry.
    Source: Video Game / XCOM: Enemy Unknown
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Reverse and Progress. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/progress/reverse
Progress & Reverse. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/progress/reverse>.
Reverse or Progress. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/progress/reverse.

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