'advancement' definitions:
Definition of 'advancement'
(from WordNet)
noun
Encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something [syn: promotion, furtherance, advancement]
noun
The act of moving forward (as toward a goal) [syn: progress, progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion] [ant: retreat]
noun
Gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts" [syn: advancement, progress]
Synonyms of 'advancement'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accomplishment,
- advance,
- advancing,
- aggrandizement,
- amelioration,
- amendment,
- amplification,
- anabasis,
- ascent,
- bettering,
- betterment,
- blossoming,
- boost,
- career,
- course,
- development,
- developmental change,
- dignification,
- elaboration,
- elevation,
- enhancement,
- enlargement,
- ennoblement,
- enrichment,
- eugenics,
- euthenics,
- evolution,
- evolutionary change,
- evolvement,
- evolving,
- exaltation,
- expansion,
- expediting,
- expedition,
- explication,
- facilitation,
- flowering,
- forward motion,
- forwardal,
- forwarding,
- furtherance,
- furthering,
- go-ahead,
- gradual change,
- graduation,
- Great Leap Forward,
- growth,
- headway,
- helping along,
- improvement,
- knighting,
- lend-lease,
- lending,
- lending at interest,
- lift,
- loan-sharking,
- loaning,
- magnification,
- march,
- maturation,
- melioration,
- mend,
- mending,
- moneylending,
- natural development,
- natural growth,
- nonviolent change,
- ongoing,
- onward course,
- passage,
- passing,
- pay raise,
- pickup,
- preference,
- preferential treatment,
- preferment,
- proficiency,
- progress,
- progression,
- progressiveness,
- promotion,
- raise,
- raising,
- recovery,
- restoration,
- revival,
- ripening,
- rise,
- rolling,
- rolling on,
- rushing,
- shylocking,
- special treatment,
- speeding,
- travel,
- upbeat,
- upgrading,
- uplift,
- uplifting,
- upping,
- upswing,
- uptrend,
- upward mobility,
- usury,
- way
Words containing 'advancement'
- Advance,
- Advance, IN,
- advanced,
- advancer,
- advancing,
- in advance,
- Advance, MO,
- Advanced guard,
- Advancing edge,
- advance guard,
- annuity in advance,
- cash advance,
- film advance,
- make advances,
- patterned advance,
- spark advance,
- advance death benefit,
- advanced research and development activity,
- association for the advancement of retired persons,
- cooper union for the advancement of science and art,
- defense advanced research projects agency