[pruh-gres-iv] adjective

1) Favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.

2) Making progress toward better conditions; employing or advocating more enlightened or liberal ideas, new or experimental methods, etc.: a progressive community.

3) Characterized by such progress, or by continuous improvement

4) Iinitial capital letter] of or pertaining to any of the Progressive parties in politics.

5) Going forward or onward; passing successively from one member of a series to the next; proceeding step by step.