English Synonyms and Antonyms

progress lays the emphasis upon the forward movement; we may speak of slow or rapid progress, but more
naturally of swift advance. Progress is more frequently used of abstractions; as, the progress of ideas;
progression fixes the attention chiefly upon the act of moving forward. In a thing good in itself all advance or
progress is improvement; there is a growing tendency to restrict the words to this favorable sense, using
increase indifferently of good or evil; one may say without limitation, "I am an advocate of progress."
Antonyms:
check, delay, falling off, retrogression, stop, decline, falling back, relapse, stay, stoppage.
Prepositions:
The progress of truth; progress in virtue; toward perfection; from a lower to a higher state.
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PROHIBIT.
Synonyms:
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debar, forbid, inhibit, preclude, disallow, hinder, interdict, prevent.
To prohibit is to give some formal command against, and especially to make some authoritative legal
enactment against. Debar is said of persons, disallow of acts; one is debarred from anything when shut off, as
by some irresistible authority or necessity; one is prohibited from an act in express terms; he may be debarred
by silent necessity. An act is disallowed by the authority that might have allowed it; the word is especially
applied to acts which are done before they are pronounced upon; thus, a government may disallow the act of
its commander in the field or its admiral on the high seas. Inhibit and interdict are chiefly known by their
ecclesiastical use. As between forbid and prohibit, forbid is less formal and more personal, prohibit more
official and judicial, with the implication of readiness to use such force as may be needed to give effect to the
enactment; a parent forbids a child to take part in some game or to associate with certain companions; the
slave-trade is now prohibited by the leading nations of the world. Many things are prohibited by law which
can not be wholly prevented, as gambling and prostitution; on the other hand, things may be prevented which
are not prohibited, as the services of religion, the payment of debts, or military conquest. That which is
precluded need not be prohibited. Compare ABOLISH; HINDER; PREVENT.
Antonyms:
allow, empower, let, require, authorize, enjoin, license, sanction, command, give consent, order, suffer,
consent to, give leave, permit, tolerate, direct, give permission, put up with, warrant.
Prepositions:
An act is prohibited by law; a person is prohibited by law from doing a certain act. Prohibit was formerly
construed, as forbid still is, with the infinitive, but the construction with from and the verbal noun has now
entirely superseded the older usage.
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PROMOTE.
Synonyms:
advance, encourage, forward, prefer, raise, aid, exalt, foster, push, urge forward, assist, excite, further, push
on, urge on. elevate, foment, help,
To promote (L. pro, forward, and moveo, move) is to cause to move forward toward some desired end or to
raise to some higher position, rank, or dignity. We promote a person by advancing, elevating, or exalting him
to a higher position or dignity. A person promotes a scheme or an enterprise which others have projected or
begun, and which he encourages, forwards, furthers, pushes, or urges on, especially when he acts as the agent
of the prime movers and supporters of the enterprise. One who excites a quarrel originates it; to promote a
quarrel is strictly to foment and urge it on, the one who promotes keeping himself in the background.
Compare ABET; QUICKEN.
Antonyms:
See synonyms for ABASE; ALLAY.
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PROPITIATION.
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Synonyms:
atonement, expiation, reconciliation, satisfaction.