Plural of progressive
regular plural
The plural of progressive is progressives.
Forms of progressive
| Singular | progressive /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | progressives |
| Countable | countable |
Progressives in a sentence
- The progressives want to legalise gay marriage.
- Not long ago, few progressives imagined this day would come.2025 January 19, John Blake, “What MLK knew that today’s progressives keep forgetting”, in CNN, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2025
- His vigorous patronage of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives.From the entry patronage
- "Both candidates held onto their bases: Johnson’s Milwaukee Avenue progressives and Vallas’ bungalow belt conservatives."2023 April 9, A.D. Quig, Alice Yin, Shanzeh Ahmad, Gregory Royal Pratt, “Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson calls Chicago ‘a tale of two cities.’…. From the entry Bungalow Belt
- On top of all that, rightwing populists and leftwing progressives have made significant inroads into western politics.2022 March 8, Andrew Anthony, “Liberalism and Its Discontents by Francis Fukuyama review – a defence of liberalism… from a former neocon”…. From the entry inroad
Meaning of progressive
- adjective Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
- adjective Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
- adjective Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods.
Questions about the plural of progressive
- What is the plural of progressive?
- The plural of progressive is progressives.
- Is progressive countable?
- Progressive is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: progressive (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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