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Antonyms for step forward
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
- back down
- block
- blockage
- cease
- compel
- decline
- decrease
- deterioration
- diminishment
- failure
- force
- halt
- hesitate
- hinder
- hindrance
- hold
- impediment
- inaction
- keep
- loss
- obligate
- recede
- reduction
- retard
- retreat
- retrogress
- retrogression
- stagnation
- step back
- step backward
- stop
- stoppage
- take back
- turn
- whole
- withdraw
- worsening
- yield
Definition of step forward
- As in progress : noun advancement, gain
- As in progression : noun progress
- As in breakthrough : noun advance, progress
- As in melioration : noun progress
- As in volunteer : verb offer to do something
- As in advance : verb move something forward, often quickly
Synonyms for step forward
- accelerate
- achieve
- advance
- advancement
- amelioration
- anabasis
- betterment
- boost
- break
- breakthrough
- bring forward
- buildup
- chip in
- come forward
- conquer
- continue ahead
- continue on
- course
- dash
- development
- discovery
- dispatch
- do on one's own volition
- drive
- elevate
- enlist
- evolution
- evolvement
- expedition
- find
- finding
- flowering
- forge ahead
- forward march
- furtherance
- gain
- gain ground
- get ahead
- get green light
- get there
- get with it
- getting ahead
- giant strides
- go ahead
- go forth
- go forward
- go great guns
- go in
- go places
- go to town
- going forward
- growth
- hasten
- headway
- hike
- impetus
- improvement
- increase
- invention
- journey
- launch
- leap
- let oneself in for
- lunge
- make headway
- make the scene
- march
- momentum
- motion
- move on
- move onward
- move up
- movement
- offer services
- ongoing
- pace
- passage
- present
- press on
- proceed
- process
- procession
- proffer
- proficiency
- progress
- progression
- promote
- promotion
- propel
- propose
- push ahead
- push on
- put at one's disposal
- put forward
- quantum leap
- quicken
- rate
- rise
- send forward
- sign up
- skyrocket
- speak up
- speed
- stand up
- step forward
- storm
- stride
- submit oneself
- suggest
- take bull by the horns
- take initiative
- take the plunge
- take upon oneself
- tender
- tour
- unfolding
- voyage
- way
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