breakthrough
Sudden significant progress
A breakthrough is a sudden advance or important discovery that overcomes an obstacle or barrier.
The word suggests a decisive moment when progress that was blocked finally occurs: a breakthrough in cancer research, a major diplomatic breakthrough.
Scientists, negotiators, and researchers all pursue breakthroughs.
The term can describe anything from solving a stubborn problem to a personal moment of clarity.
New device or method
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- transformativeCausing major change
- disruptiveTending to interrupt order
cutting-edge · visionary · game-changing · next-gen · novel · radical · unconventional · trailblazing
Discovery triumph cry
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- findingConclusion from investigation
- uncoveringRevealing something hidden
- detectionAct of finding something
experiment · research · serendipity · insight · observation · hypothesis · evidence · laboratory
Accomplished goal or deed
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- culminationHighest or final point
- pinnacleUtmost summit or spire
threshold · benchmark · apex · highpoint · cornerstone · historic · pivotal · seminal
Move or progress forward
- headwayForward progress achieved
- strideExtended single footstep
- leapSudden springing movement
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
acceleration · development · improvement · evolution · growth · enhancement · escalation · expansion
Grasping what's true
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- illuminationProvision of light
- clarityState of being understandable
understanding · satori · flash · inspiration · insight · perception · discernment · comprehension
Care for an ailment
- cureTreatment that heals
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- drugActive chemical compound
- vaccineDisease prevention injection
remission · diagnosis · pharmaceutical · surgical · oncology · lifesaving · experimental · patient
invention
New device or method
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- transformativeCausing major change
disruptive · cutting-edge · visionary · game-changing · next-gen · novel · radical · unconventional · trailblazing · first-of-its-kind
eureka
Discovery triumph cry
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- findingConclusion from investigation
- uncoveringRevealing something hidden
detection · experiment · research · serendipity · insight · observation · hypothesis · evidence · laboratory · scientist
achievement
Accomplished goal or deed
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- culminationHighest or final point
pinnacle · threshold · benchmark · apex · highpoint · cornerstone · historic · pivotal · seminal · triumph
advance
Move or progress forward
momentum · acceleration · development · improvement · evolution · growth · enhancement · escalation · expansion · advancement
realization
Grasping what's true
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- illuminationProvision of light
clarity · understanding · satori · flash · inspiration · insight · perception · discernment · comprehension · dawn
treatment
Care for an ailment
vaccine · remission · diagnosis · pharmaceutical · surgical · oncology · lifesaving · experimental · patient · recovery
- problem-solvingproblem solving, puzzles, riddles, logic, solutions
- negotiationbargaining, bargain, negotiate, mediation, compromise
- breakbreakaway, breakup, jailbreak
- buzzwordssynergy, leverage, paradigm, stakeholder, scalable
- Life-Changing Momentsepiphany, awakening, realization, revelation, turning point
- success storiesrags to riches, success story, underdog story, comeback story, zero to hero
breakthroughsetback
Reverse in progress
regression · decline · deterioration · backslide · reversal
breakthroughimpasse
Situation without resolution
deadlock · stalemate · blockage · obstruction · impediment
breakthroughstagnation
Absence of flow or progress
standstill · plateau · inertia · crawl · stasis
- creative breakthroughsNovel solutions or ideas