advances
Goes ahead steadily
Advances covers forward movement in multiple domains.
Troops advance on a position; technology advances over decades.
An advance is progress or improvement: recent advances in medicine.
Advances also means money paid before it's due—an advance on your salary, or the advance a publisher pays an author.
In the plural, advances often means romantic or sexual approaches: She rejected his advances.
These may be welcome or unwelcome; unwanted advances is a common phrase in discussions of harassment.
Seeking another's romantic favor
- flirtationPlayful romantic attention
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
- overtureIntroductory orchestral piece
- passMove beyond or decline
move · approach · unwanted · rebuff · reject · spurn · inappropriate · workplace
Sudden important advance
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- improvementPositive change in quality
- innovationCreating something original
- leapSudden springing movement
stride · headway · gains · scientific · technological · medical · research · significant
courtship
Seeking another's romantic favor
- flirtationPlayful romantic attention
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
- overtureIntroductory orchestral piece
pass · move · approach · unwanted · rebuff · reject · spurn · inappropriate · workplace · harassment
breakthrough
Sudden important advance
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- improvementPositive change in quality
- innovationCreating something original
leap · stride · headway · gains · scientific · technological · medical · research · significant · major
offensive
Causing displeasure or attack-oriented
- attackAggressive act against another
- assaultViolent offensive act
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
troops · enemy · front · territory · position · siege · flank · maneuver · ground · push
loan
Borrowed money repaid later
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- cashReady spending funds
prepayment · deposit · fee · money · funds · credit · request · repayment · employer · upfront
- royaltiesmusic royalties, streaming royalties, artist royalties, royalty payments, oil royalties
- publishingpublishers, editors, editor, publishing house, books
- encouragementencourage, encouraging, praises, hang in there, supports
- improvementsimprovement, fixes, betterment, enhancement, upgrade
- incomesalary, earnings, income, wages, pay
- things to fight offillness, infection, cold, flu, disease
advancesretreats
Backs off or sanctuaries
withdraws · falls back · pulls back · recedes · retreating
advancesregresses
Returns to prior condition
declines · deteriorates · backslides · stagnates · worsens
- in advanceOccurring before required
- advance noticePrior notification of events
- cash advanceBorrowed funds before payday
- advance planningPreparing for future events
- advancing the ballMoving play toward opponent's goal
- advance guardForward military unit
advance, advanced, advancement, advancing, advancements, advancers