furthering
Helping something progress
Furthering is the act of advancing or promoting something toward completion or success.
It implies active effort to help a cause, goal, or process move forward: She dedicated her career to furthering civil rights.
The word often appears in formal contexts involving institutional or ideological aims: furthering the interests of shareholders, furthering scientific knowledge.
Aid or sponsorship
- endorsementFormal expression of support
- sponsorshipFunded endorsement arrangement
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
- advocacyPleading for a cause
championing · bolstering · reinforcement · facilitation · nurturing · encouragement · funding · grants
Movement toward improvement
- headwayForward progress achieved
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- innovationCreating something original
leap · stride · bound · propulsion · thrust · surge · ascent · climb
Increase in size
- expansionIncrease in scope
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- cultivationFostering growth through care
infrastructure · modernization · industrialization · urbanization · sustainability · scalability · incubator · entrepreneurship
Gaining knowledge gradually
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- academiaHigher education community
- tuitionPayment for instruction
university · college · degree · diploma · graduate · undergraduate · thesis · dissertation
backing
Aid or sponsorship
- endorsementFormal expression of support
- sponsorshipFunded endorsement arrangement
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
advocacy · championing · bolstering · reinforcement · facilitation · nurturing · encouragement · funding · grants · subsidy
progress
Movement toward improvement
- headwayForward progress achieved
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- breakthroughSudden important advance
innovation · leap · stride · bound · propulsion · thrust · surge · ascent · climb · expedition
growth
Increase in size
- expansionIncrease in scope
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
cultivation · infrastructure · modernization · industrialization · urbanization · sustainability · scalability · incubator · entrepreneurship · investment
learning
Gaining knowledge gradually
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- academiaHigher education community
tuition · university · college · degree · diploma · graduate · undergraduate · thesis · dissertation · professor
- advocacypetition, advocating, protest sign, championing, picket sign
- helping actionshelping, aiding, assisting, supporting, enabling
furtheringhindering
Creating obstacles to progress
impeding · obstructing · blocking · thwarting · halting
furtheringundermining
Weakening by covert means
sabotaging · discouraging · opposing · counteracting · subverting
further, forthcoming, forthright, furthermore, furtherance, furthered, furthers