Describing Wordsfor Progress

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Here are some adjectives for progress: deceptively rapid, true and rapid, generally messy, steady and undeniable, automatic and impersonal, back economic and social, normal languid, unchecked technical, steady material, general, satisfactory, short-run economic, forward mutual, gradual and ruinous, nevertheless slow and difficult, nevertheless slow, uneven and jerky, extraordinary and hasty, steady temporal, further mechanical and scientific, disappointingly slow, devout or triumphant, slow, impossible, insidious and profound, greater developmental, more and steadier, easy and victorious, regular harmonious, fortunate and highly successful, invisible but rapid,

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Words to Describe progress

Below is a list of describing words for progress. You can sort the descriptive words by uniqueness or commonness using the button above. Sorry if there's a few unusual suggestions! The algorithm isn't perfect, but it does a pretty good job for most common nouns. Here's the list of words that can be used to describe progress:

deceptively rapid true and rapid generally messy steady and undeniable automatic and impersonal back economic and social normal languid unchecked technical steady material general, satisfactory short-run economic forward mutual gradual and ruinous nevertheless slow and difficult nevertheless slow uneven and jerky extraordinary and hasty steady temporal further mechanical and scientific disappointingly slow devout or triumphant
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slow, impossible insidious and profound greater developmental more and steadier easy and victorious regular harmonious fortunate and highly successful invisible but rapid <p>substantial queer terrestrial slow and apologetic aside vertical so-called vertical discouragmgly slow better racial late triumphal scarcely free scarcely free or exhilarating passionate material considerable and most promising abrupt or visible material nor moral subsequent peaceful gradual and great veritable triumphal impending industrial responsibility--psychological collective responsibility--psychological total overall rapid, economical and certain extremely difficult and uncomfortable hasty and heedless recent visible further lateral steady and satisfactory rapid and masterful childish and stormy back economic canted, awkward aboveground notable continual and indefinite slower over-all fantastically rapid independent technological vaunted scientific orderly normal necessarily slow and laborious later triumphant prodigious scientific rapid and even wonderful brief, true extremely heartening extraordinary and praiseworthy voluntary, sure painfully slow and toilsome long and purposely slow uninterrupted, peaceful dynamic, revolutionary gradual but gigantic necessarily slow and arduous forward spiritual wearisome, dismal real and safe material and economical cycles--early astronomical equal and mechanical material, moral and mental weak, cautious astonishing and real true and most beneficial westward considerable substantial and unusual steady and unrestrained allowable and natural steady and virile sure, solemn steady, continuous and hopeless incessant and sublime falsely infinite slow swiss scientific and civilized rapid but very real rapid and coherent gradual and relentless material or even scientific energetic and triumphant frightful and rapid uncomfortable triumphal gigantic and almost inconceivable hitherto harmonious snail-like, tottering world--eternal therefore slow and laborious longtudinal zeal and rapid real technological --colossal rapid spiritual sure but slow steady, downward rapid and substantial sporadic but swift relentless military deliberately laggard provincial and further astoundingly swift outwardly regular deliberately jerky staggeringly swift brilliant technological potentially nimble deliberate and potentially nimble unflagging downward bizarre, agonizing seriously uneven staggering and seriously uneven agonizing, futile linear scientific lawless technological swift, uncanny rapid and spectacular careless and derogatory leisurely flat-footed farther lateral slower, hard irreversible human slightly rickety swift, consecutive subtle and invincible rapid and disquieting genuine and almost startling aesthetic, educational and spiritual easy and quickest federal further present, continual spirit--continual substantial and peaceful imperceptible, revolutionary largely analogous industrial, mental and moral wonderfully quiet and regular inverted platonic also interesting and important poor numerical unadorned harmonic jerky and erratic concomitant moral downward and disastrous pleasing and snake-like anatomical or structural apparently uncompensated consequently scientific peaceable colonial phenomenal material ethnic, political and cultural sane and strenuous your philosophical theoretically considerable educational, political and religious corresponding and correlated sober and constitutional peaceful continuous sad but not slow already wearisome open and triumphant now slower and more necessary and continual undoubtedly substantial irresistible and unerring cosmical and mechanical unsatisfactory military constant, eternal continuous victorious stiff one-sided apparently proportionate steady and inevitable hard-won economic therefore inexorable natural and therefore inexorable continuous higher rapid and real quite triumphal strenuous and ever-successful easy industrial overwhelming and triumphant devastating royal dramatically constructive quite impetuous gay and swift inherent, organic ceaseless and imperial incredible and irresistible reasonable and real fairly unruffled slow, galling rapid and vital triumohal vast and definitive lesser but noticeable palatable evolutionary untriumphal rapid and very satisfactory surprising and substantial rapid and grotesque steady and even rapid brave spiritual standard, educational snug and reputable victorious and devastating regular and fearful slow, ageless patents--industrial steady and inspiring continuous and comparatively tranquil marvelous anti-slavery necessarily toilsome necessarily toilsome and painful genuine and modest twofold human therefore difficult and slow scant and irregular present-day mechanical ~educational manifest and most glorious together material necessarily slow and painful orderly national almost involuntary but rapid involuntary but rapid memorable royal famous bridal slow and yet sure laborious, uncanny noiseless, smooth intellectual and sociological young, real rapid and unmistakable horrible punitive immense and laudable transvaal, considerable collective, spiritual mutual and social slow or sporadic common, slow little but steady vaunted temporal continuous inevitable normal and well-balanced superficially peaceful automatic and wholesale industrial, intellectual and moral political, moral and material painfully slow and uncertain highly noble and patriotic racial and imperial continual and most effective continuous and necessary interval, visible definite and ceaseless perceptible intellectual delightful never-ending earlier fashionable last, considerable slow and relatively peaceful rapid unconcerned more and unforeseen seeming downward aesthetic, social and moral wealthy, slow rapt, inexorable dreadfully slow and laborious material but moral rapid, unconcerned hard and considerable dishearteningly slow industrial, commercial and colonial necessarily slow and wearisome terribly purposeful intimate and exhilarating impersonal and recurrent tardy but good-humored smuggling--general government--triumphal local government--triumphal difficult but sure swiftly subtle slow, painful but irresistible painful but irresistible rapid and fairly easy regular and not unsatisfactory wonderful recent delightfully smooth and easy rapid or important medical scientific well-advised but certain sure, businesslike safe and fairly rapid remorseless, unswerving tentative, much quick and extraordinary steady collective steady uneventful italy substantial large-scale experimental agricultural and arboricultural hitherto wild and unrestrained necessarily downward daily triumphal solid and unprecedented bustling, unaided perceptible social slow and fitful otherwise marvelous subtle tortuous industrious and slow dangerous further slowly cautious generously rewarding --phenomenal rapid triumphal back argentine decorous solemn further victorious recent actuarial additional and fictitious substantial constitutional moderate visible economical and certain pleasant and heartless conscious unconscious real and amazing legal, national steady, frictionless considerable or much didactic and steady difficult and uncomfortable steady and opposite entirely deliberate weal and universal actual and triumphant steady and well-deserved immense economical scientific or material perfectly smooth and quiet unexplained, true slow, hard-won perilously rapid slow but hopeful constant, unnoticed stealthy, steady slow and disappointing rapid or astonishing tardy and unsatisfactory forwards general constructive and racial perhaps interminable long and perhaps interminable ceaseless material slow but rather unsatisfactory merely participative unequal and equivocal bold and safe unobserved or imperceptible such rapid reasonably rapid commercial and material real and steady gay and exhilarating prudent and gradual little theoretical late rapid also equal effectual political amazing economic steady and uninterrupted gradual and continuous exceedingly erratic endless itinerant solid steady early clumsy slow but methodical ragged but steady extremely difficult and slow natural and rapid visible permanent much matrimonial rational conservative wayward and fantastic important, spiritual swift and healthy recent swift owing rapid continuous moral same regressive general economical effectual human successful sanitary recent triumphant silent and almost unobserved direct uninterrupted continuous and hopeless perfect triumphal indefinite human last further mere interminable moral and legislative equal and rapid unconscionably slow terribly slow and arduous smooth and uninterrupted timid and faint rational logical therefore slow scientific and material famous so-called quieter, steady ethical and psychic slight actual ridiculously slow steady and irresistible apparently slow slow economic persistent and laborious feeble, unsteady rapid and harmonious terribly slow silent and irresistible careless and confident quite rapid surprising and incredible rapid financial already wonderful slow but steady triumphal wonderful material pitifully slow seemingly mindless further automotive erratic, secretive agonizingly sluggish unhurried but resolute strange madcap safe or rapid korean economic slow and seemingly tranquil slightly erratic unhindered and rapid unseen, unfelt continuous slow increasingly laggard erratic and potentially dangerous technological and economic eventual technological total linear real mental-health quick and admirable genuinely harrowing slow step-by-step unbelievably slow moral and technological certainly slow free effortless early calm dramatic soviet industrial and intellectual ill-fated imperial steady and uneventful just steady strictly circular steady and unexpectedly rapid startlingly unobtrusive stealthy, painstaking insufficient academic quite stealthy triumphant year-long laborious day-long sometime perilous slow and sometime perilous slow sticky once technological ominously slow-moving disastrous scientific historical artistic fitful but steady painful, solitary slow, mute therefore al slow, hard-fought continual maniacal inexorable historical tangible, immediate daily visible victorious and destructive softer and easier inevitable and glorious gradual and regular financial and intellectual superb material gradual but uninterrupted astonishing material extraordinary material slow material excessive imitative slow, perilous material and national healthful and regular rapid and interminable simple and steady marvelous material tranquil, uninterrupted contrary, intellectual somewhat ceremonial extraordinary national evolutionary and spiral therefore recent unswerving and unerring rapid missionary alone social literary, scientific and educational contrary, scientific far economic sure and solemn soft and unconscious characteristic and most important necessary, much constant and enlightened natural and slower slow but successful now slower incessant swift far slower and more real civilised meanwhile immense contrary, considerable noticeable artistic ignominious quiet rapid and definite physiological and intellectual healthy and inspiring gradual but slow endless linear quick and surprising peaceful and steady deeply thankful deeply conscious --evangelical swift and wonderful still continual wonderful and triumphant languid and ghostlike uninterrupted racial rapid but continuous quiet solid solitary, impressive steady visible forward slow but steady forward slow artistic individual alone sure generally slow and laborious noble, rapid and happy strange, portentous painfully slow and tedious unbroken and undisputed forward anti-slavery intelligent and principled subsequent glorious therefore difficult ordinary diurnal steady and commendable however enormous purposely slow difficult and somewhat perilous much and notable now slow and toilsome excellent but uneventful rapid and permanent notable funeral interval considerable rapid real uninterrupted triumphal social, educational and industrial signal and rapid practical, humanitarian all-round continuous =--intellectual worth and financial good and rapid asymptotical slow harmonious constant technical social nor moral revolutionary and predatory less undamaged same unsuspected industrial and transportational constant evolutionary robust, steady swift, unhindered slow but real calm and useful marvelously slow medi�val democratic mediaeval democratic social or co-operative scientific, social and economic remarkable rural swift and confident internal and financial mad triumphal necessary and invincible indefinite spiritual noiseless and steady biological and moral better, steady triumphal social appreciable and valuable ultimate harmonious more, further deceptive and invidious delightful religious civic and material intellectual, moral and material general and wonderful vigorous and perpetual altogether casual faster linguistic scientific and civil slight and painful satisfactory and economic proud, triumphal so-called occidental conservative, reasonable forward-moving moral little apostolic ever spiritual unequalled internal sudden industrial therefore european intermittent and doubtful proper, systematic whole satisfactory ceaseless and energetic defective spiritual national and intellectual slow ethical eternal happier direct and indefinite similar supplementary wretchedly slow theatrical triumphal uninterrupted but infinite indefinite and ever-expanding abundant secular definite and inevitable evangelical and commercial north less intact, real long foetal rapid apparent educational or political tardy but sure much benignant mechanical, industrial and scientific favorable, general philosophical and industrial purely intellectual or spiritual marvelous recent substantial and energetic slow triumphal rapid more rapid further mechanical slow and irresistible remarkably slow seeming slow already rapid steady, certain =constitutional necessarily slow legitimate constitutional such slow otherwise steady steady social apparent little tremendous scientific regular triumphal much municipal industrial and cultural continuous and steady calm, dull stealthy but rapid material and religious wonderful such purely intellectual and spiritual rapid technical much gratifying already slow almost triumphal rapid intellectual rapid initial poor scholastic utterly marvelous excessively boisterous astonishingly slight wearisome and anxious rapid and conspicuous educational and municipal marvelous industrial natural and fatal corresponding civic true and general economic, social and religious superb triumphal silent and obscure often material astounding industrial direct real steady and unalterable hitherto rapid thereby further rapid and striking supposedly inevitable real, enormous real interstate wonderful and praiseworthy alternate political completely erratic comparative slow subsequent phenomenal marvelous commercial real further efficient rural real or genuine entire glorious slow but majestic --radical quiet majestic outward historical more triumphal steady and normal correspondingly slow swift and prosperous hitherto wild slow but unceasing further teutonic former migratory comparatively quick and easy endless intellectual economic and efficient zeal and uncommon philippine social quick and effectual exceedingly slow and laborious gradual economic evident material rapid economic recent rapid rapid national whole choral overjoyed magnificent fruitless political swift but silent almost unobserved likewise considerable snail-like rather gratifying painful, slow active material rapid material slow and sinuous intellectual, moral and religious painfully slow steady and gradual substantial material rather slow consequent rapid comparatively slow silent secret great and rapid steady and rapid slow and painful alone further frantic, random economically stable dull, automatic slow and erratic unparalleled spiritual large abundant artistic and political further meaningful down technological thanatological admittedly slow steady technological steady, implacable strikingly rapid prudent social rapid nuclear real noticeable economic, technical and scientific good and uneventful previously steady real, measurable irresistible popular continuous evolutionary [local surprising and unusual noiseless and furtive educational and spiritual rapid and victorious regular and gradual grand economic wearisome and painful steady and healthy utmost northern deliberate, slow rapid and steady entirely haphazard alone scientific rapid and satisfactory painful european ever-successful nevertheless moral slow and anxious rapid and alarming indeed material steady and peaceful rapid and happy natural professional material and cultural potential moral superior material universal humanitarian full and great slow but easy further measurable genuine rural discouragingly slow remarkable numerical rapid and marvelous rapid and immense highly noble small and reluctant rural educational universal and continuous early linguistic nevertheless wonderful quiet and harmonious brilliant mechanical stealthy silent mighty revolutionary substantial industrial obvious conversational marvelously rapid one-sided and unsatisfactory regular but slow ever quicker calm and regular peaceful national slim and dainty rapid and healthy slight and gradual continual triumphal possible industrial barely average real and sensible further revolutionary indefinite religious far satisfactory material and general normal literary considerable aesthetic further ethical apparent slow lexicological swift and surprising perceptible religious far steady stealthy and unobtrusive usual tardy eternally continuous alarmingly slow normal educational fine, glorious ecclesiastical and intellectual social and material market-oriented material and intellectual slow moral and material excruciatingly slow such inconsiderable wonderful technical splendid material rapid and remarkable economic and material slow and difficult swift and steady gentle and slow further technical unexpectedly rapid slow physical slow spiral steady but slow now well-established slow but safe moderate republican sweet and grave calm eternal such gradual sure and rapid little appreciable educational and industrial general material great and genuine rapid and extensive wonderfully rapid usual sluggish slow and impressive enough economic back scientific continual slow immensely rapid true and harmonious thence further gigantic economic further voluntary slow, proud nearer or remoter further tactical wonderfully slow peculiar undulating natural technical canadian industrial rich and rapid speedy and comfortable certainly german slow and tortuous slow and undulating wise and rational inherent and inevitable gay, debonair slow and doubtful technical industrial steady, watchful hitherto steady remarkable royal philanthropic and political present slow rapid industrial natural educational rapid agricultural racial mental educational and humanitarian easy, tranquil regular intellectual moral, intellectual and material still perceptible slow and solid much distinct farther direct material, moral and intellectual slow and fatal mechanical and artistic indefinite social western material organic social intellectual and educational material and social sure and steady commercial and national steady, slow

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Words to Describe progress

As you've probably noticed, adjectives for "progress" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this website, the top 5 adjectives for "progress" are: deceptively rapid, true and rapid, generally messy, steady and undeniable, and automatic and impersonal. There are 989 other words to describe progress listed above. Hopefully the above generated list of words to describe progress suits your needs.

If you're getting strange results, it may be that your query isn't quite in the right format. The search box should be a simple word or phrase, like "tiger" or "blue eyes". A search for words to describe "people who have blue eyes" will likely return zero results. So if you're not getting ideal results, check that your search term, "progress" isn't confusing the engine in this manner.

Note also that if there aren't many progress adjectives, or if there are none at all, it could be that your search term has an abiguous part-of-speech. For example, the word "blue" can be an noun and an adjective. This confuses the engine and so you might not get many adjectives describing it. I may look into fixing this in the future. You might also be wondering: What type of word is progress?

Describing Words

The idea for the Describing Words engine came when I was building the engine for Related Words (it's like a thesaurus, but gives you a much broader set of related words, rather than just synonyms). While playing around with word vectors and the "HasProperty" API of conceptnet, I had a bit of fun trying to get the adjectives which commonly describe a word. Eventually I realised that there's a much better way of doing this: parse books!

Project Gutenberg was the initial corpus, but the parser got greedier and greedier and I ended up feeding it somewhere around 100 gigabytes of text files - mostly fiction, including many contemporary works. The parser simply looks through each book and pulls out the various descriptions of nouns.

Hopefully it's more than just a novelty and some people will actually find it useful for their writing and brainstorming, but one neat little thing to try is to compare two nouns which are similar, but different in some significant way - for example, gender is interesting: "woman" versus "man" and "boy" versus "girl". On an inital quick analysis it seems that authors of fiction are at least 4x more likely to describe women (as opposed to men) with beauty-related terms (regarding their weight, features and general attractiveness). In fact, "beautiful" is possibly the most widely used adjective for women in all of the world's literature, which is quite in line with the general unidimensional representation of women in many other media forms. If anyone wants to do further research into this, let me know and I can give you a lot more data (for example, there are about 25000 different entries for "woman" - too many to show here).

The blueness of the results represents their relative frequency. You can hover over an item for a second and the frequency score should pop up. The "uniqueness" sorting is default, and thanks to my Complicated Algorithm™, it orders them by the adjectives' uniqueness to that particular noun relative to other nouns (it's actually pretty simple). As you'd expect, you can click the "Sort By Usage Frequency" button to adjectives by their usage frequency for that noun.

Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source mongodb which was used in this project.

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