making progress
- advancingMoving in forward direction
- moving forwardContinuing toward a goal
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- headwayForward progress achieved
- breakthroughSudden important advance
stride · gaining ground · climbing · pushing ahead · improvement · growth · inching · traction · development · upward · building · evolving · acceleration · milestone · achievement · leaps · bounds · onward
forward vs. backward movement
making progressregressing
Returning to earlier state
backsliding · losing ground · retreating · slipping back · declining
change vs. stasis
making progressstagnating
Ceasing to develop
standing still · stuck · at a standstill · going nowhere · treading water
success vs. failure in effort
making progressfailing
Flaw in one's nature
floundering · struggling · hitting a wall · faltering · stumbling