1. progressive
adjective. ['prəˈgrɛsɪv'] favoring or promoting reform (often by government action).
Synonyms
- reform-minded
- reformist
Antonyms
- aft
- back
- unoriginal
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Words that Rhyme with Past Progressive Tense
- misrepresents
- nondefense
- commonsense
- suspense
- pretense
- expense
- dispense
- condense
- intense
- incense
- defense
- defence
- commence
- whence
- spens
- spence
- offense
- immense
- ferenc
- thence
- sense
- pense
- pence
- hense
- hence
- fence
- dense
- cents
- bence
2. progressive
adjective. ['prəˈgrɛsɪv'] favoring or promoting progress.
Synonyms
- modernized
- forward-moving
- forward
- forward-looking
- state-of-the-art
- innovative
- modern
- advanced
- industrial
- modernised
Antonyms
- nonindustrial
- backward
- early
- old
3. progressive
adjective. ['prəˈgrɛsɪv'] gradually advancing in extent.
Antonyms
- noncurrent
4. tense
noun. ['ˈtɛns'] a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time.
Synonyms
- imperfect tense
- present
- past tense
- progressive
- imperfect
- continuous tense
- grammatical category
- syntactic category
- perfect
- perfective
- present tense
- progressive tense
- perfect tense
- perfective tense
- future tense
- future
- past
Antonyms
- quiet
- unexcited
- patient
- composed
Etymology
- tens (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- tempus (Latin)
- tensus (Latin)
5. past
noun. ['ˈpæst'] the time that has elapsed.
Synonyms
- yesterday
- yore
- old times
- langsyne
- good old days
- history
- old
- bygone
- yesteryear
- auld langsyne
- time out of mind
- time
- past times
- water under the bridge
Antonyms
- old
- early
- punctual
- living
6. past
adjective. ['ˈpæst'] earlier than the present time; no longer current.
Synonyms
- agone
- one-time
- sometime
- quondam
- outgoing
- medieval
- former
- prehistoric
- gone
- ultimo
- chivalric
- previous
- recent
- late
- then
- departed
- bypast
- historic
- ago
- olden
- ancient
- knightly
- prehistorical
- timing
- old
- other
- last
- noncurrent
- onetime
- early
- ult
- foregone
- bygone
- historical
Antonyms
- incoming
- current
- future
- present
7. past
adverb. ['ˈpæst'] so as to pass a given point.
Antonyms
- alive
8. past
noun. ['ˈpæst'] a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret).
Synonyms
- life
- period
- time period
Antonyms
- young
- discourteous
- lateness
- unseasonableness
9. past
adjective. ['ˈpæst'] of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office.
Synonyms
- outgoing
- retiring
Antonyms
- unsociable
- modern
- latter
10. past
noun. ['ˈpæst'] a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past.
Synonyms
- preterite
- preterit
- tense
Antonyms
- found
- succeeding
- middle
- late
Example sentences of the word past-progressive-tense
1. Noun Phrase
The four possible tenses are simple past, which is most common, followed by past progressive tense, past perfect tense, and a combination of both of those, past perfect progressive tense.
2. Noun Phrase
For example, changing "I was smiling" to "I am smiling" will change the past progressive tense to present progressive tense.