Meanings
nounpast progressive (uncountable)
- continuativepastuncountablegrammarpast continuous
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past
Similar
past progressive tense
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with past progressive
progressiveimpressiveaggressiveexcessivesuccessiveexpressiveobsessivedepressiveoppressiverepressivecompressiverecessiveimmunosuppressiveregressivepossessivesuppressiveautoregressiveunimpressiveantidepressivetransgressiveretrogressivepressiveprocessivedigressive
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
past progressive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/past%20progressive
MLA
“past progressive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/past%20progressive. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “past progressive,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/past%20progressive.
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