Synonyms for advancement
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Progression — the act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity
2. Progress
Other
promotion, growth, aggrandizement, aggrandisement UK, march, proficiency, exaltation, elevation, pre-ferment
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity
the advancement of learning
- n. 2
The state of being advanced
Forms
- Plural
- advancements → progressions, furtherances, improvements, progresses…
Example sentences
- improvement There is need for improvement in your handwriting.
- progression Evolution is not progression, but adaptation.
- progress You will progress in proportion to your abilities.
- procession The queen’s procession moved through the grand hall.
- growth Women, then, are only children of a larger growth.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| advancement | falling | |
| improvement | falling | |
| progression | rising | |
| furtherance | falling | |
| progress | falling | |
| procession | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- march1
- 6 letters
- growth1
- 7 letters
- advance2
- 8 letters
- progress2
- 9 letters
- promotion3, elevation4
- 10 letters
- procession3, exaltation
- 11 letters
- improvement3, progression3, proficiency4, furtherance3
- 14 letters
- aggrandizement4, aggrandisement
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (advance2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- progrès
- Español
- progreso
- Deutsch
- Fortschritt
- Català
- avenç