-to make progress- [verb] synonyms: "to progress" "to advance" "to make an advancement" "to make advancements" "to improve" (sometimes) "to go forward" "to move foreward" antonyms: "to regress" "to lose progress" "to destroy (one's/something's) progress" "to ruin (one's/something's) progress "to go back to how things were" (sometimes) "to go backward" "to move backward" -making progress- [gerund/noun phrase] synonyms "progressing" "making of progress" (nonstandard, high speak) "progression" "advancement" (sometimes) antonyms "regressing" "regression" direct antonyms for progress progress [noun] - regression progression - regression to progress - to regress "regress" can't stand alone as a noun, it is always a verb, "regression" is the opposite of both "progress" (as a noun) and "progression"