Meanings
nounpresent progressive (uncountable)
- continuativepresentuncountablegrammarpresent continuous
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance
Similar
present progressive tense
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with present progressive
progressiveimpressiveaggressiveexcessivesuccessiveexpressiveobsessivedepressiveoppressiverepressivecompressiverecessiveimmunosuppressiveregressivepossessivesuppressiveautoregressiveunimpressiveantidepressivetransgressiveretrogressivepressiveprocessivedigressive
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
present progressive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/present%20progressive
MLA
“present progressive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/present%20progressive. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “present progressive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/present%20progressive.
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