nonprogressive
Staying the same
Nonprogressive describes something that doesn't advance, develop, or worsen over time.
A nonprogressive disease remains stable rather than deteriorating: The condition is nonprogressive and manageable with treatment.
In grammar, nonprogressive verbs (like know, believe, own) describe states rather than ongoing actions and typically don't take the -ing form.
Without motion or change
- immutableIncapable of being changed
- constantFixed, unvarying quantity
- fixedRestored or immovable
- unchangeableImpossible to modify
invariable · permanent · stable · enduring · settled · unvarying · steady · persistent
Following long-held customs
- right-wingPolitically conservative faction
- reactionaryAnti-progress political stance
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
- status quoExisting condition of affairs
establishment · anti-reform · resistant · backward-looking · traditionalist · conventional · retrograde · hidebound
static
Without motion or change
unchangeable · invariable · permanent · stable · enduring · settled · unvarying · steady · persistent · unmodified
traditional
Following long-held customs
- right-wingPolitically conservative faction
- reactionaryAnti-progress political stance
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
status quo · establishment · anti-reform · resistant · backward-looking · traditionalist · conventional · retrograde · hidebound · die-hard
stagnation
Absence of flow or progress
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- deadlockMutual blocking, no progress
- impasseSituation without resolution
inertia · standstill · quagmire · stasis · doldrums · plateau · backwater · sluggish · torpor · lethargy
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Favoring reform and innovation
reformist · forward-looking · innovative · revolutionary · transformative
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Favoring reform and innovation
advanced · advancing · developing · evolving · improving
progress, progression, progressive, aggression, egress, ingress, digress, digression, progressively