advancement
Moving up professionally
Advancement is forward movement or progress toward a goal.
Career advancement means moving up in position or status.
The advancement of knowledge or technology refers to its development and improvement over time.
An advancement can also be money given before it's due: She received an advancement on her salary.
To work for the advancement of a cause is to promote it.
Onward in direction
- headwayForward progress achieved
- strideExtended single footstep
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
breakthrough · gain · improvement · growth · evolution · development · expansion · continuation
Rank increase or publicity
- ladderPortable climbing frame
- climbingAscending by physical effort
- ascentUpward movement
- trajectoryPath of moving object
succession · seniority · title · raise · rank · tenure · appointment · executive
Systematic fact-finding effort
- discoveryAct of finding something
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- innovationCreating something original
- frontierEdge of settlement
pioneering · methodology · finding · contribution · publication · grant · theory · experiment
Creating something original
- automationSelf-operating system design
- digitizationAnalog-to-electronic transformation
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
- computingProcessing data mathematically
biotechnology · engineering · invention · development · disruption · cutting-edge · robotics · nanotechnology
Same status for all
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- civilMinimally polite
- justiceFair treatment under law
- reformImprove by correcting faults
movement · cause · activism · empowerment · inclusion · representation · opportunity · mobility
forward
Onward in direction
milestone · breakthrough · gain · improvement · growth · evolution · development · expansion · continuation · transition
promotion
Rank increase or publicity
trajectory · succession · seniority · title · raise · rank · tenure · appointment · executive · management
research
Systematic fact-finding effort
- discoveryAct of finding something
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- innovationCreating something original
frontier · pioneering · methodology · finding · contribution · publication · grant · theory · experiment · knowledge
innovation
Creating something original
- automationSelf-operating system design
- digitizationAnalog-to-electronic transformation
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
computing · biotechnology · engineering · invention · development · disruption · cutting-edge · robotics · nanotechnology
equality
Same status for all
reform · movement · cause · activism · empowerment · inclusion · representation · opportunity · mobility · access
- Career Advancementjob promotion, moving up, upward mobility, career ladder, pay raise
- Academic Careertenure, tenure track, assistant professor, associate professor, full professor
- developmentgrowth, progress, expansion, improvement, enhancement
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- nounsanimals, bags, balls, banks, beds
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
advancementdemotion
Reduction in status
degradation · downgrade · relegation · dethronement · deposition
advancementregression
Return to former state
retrogression · decline · retreat · deterioration · backsliding
advancementretreat
Sanctuary or withdrawal
withdrawal · recession · falling back · return · regression
- career advancementProfessional upward mobility
- technological advancementsImprovements in applied science
- medical advancementsProgress in treating disease
- scientific advancementsProgress through systematic research
- advancement opportunitiesPotential for career progression
- technical advancementsProgress in applied sciences