Meanings
plural progressists
- Synonym of progressionist (“one who makes or supports progress”).
Gérard Moore, in his double character of semi-foreigner and thorough-going progressist, the man most abominated.
1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “The Waggons”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 40Synonyms: progressionist
- Synonym of progressionist (“one who holds that all life forms gradually evolve to a higher form”).
Synonyms: progressionist
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of progressionist (“one who makes or supports progress”).
nounSynonym of progressionist (“one who holds that all life forms gradually evolve to a higher form”).
Origin
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progressist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/progressist
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