DICTOMETER

DRISTIG (Norwegian for "advance")

(advanced, bold, boldly, daredevil, daring, impudent, intrepid, pert, progressed, risqué, venturesome, adelantado, atrevido, audaz, audazmente, osado)

1. Synonyms:
   • Advance
   • Progress
   • Pass on
   • Move on
   • March on
   • Go on
   Definitions:
   • move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
   Examples:
   • Time marches on
   Antonyms:
   withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Advance
   • Throw out
   Definitions:
   • bring forward for consideration or acceptance
   Examples:
   • Advance an argument
   Antonyms:
   back
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Boost
   • Advance
   • Supercharge
   Definitions:
   • increase or raise
   Examples:
   • Boost the voltage in an electrical circuit
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Promote
   • Advance
   • Boost
   • Further
   • Encourage
   Definitions:
   • contribute to the progress or growth of
   Examples:
   • I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Advance
   • Bring forward
   Definitions:
   • cause to move forward
   Examples:
   • Can you move the car seat forward?
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Gain
   • Advance
   • Win
   • Pull ahead
   • Make headway
   • Get ahead
   • Gain ground
   Definitions:
   • obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
   Examples:
   • The home team was gaining ground
   • After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Progress
   • Come on
   • Come along
   • Advance
   • Get on
   • Get along
   • Shape up
   Definitions:
   • develop in a positive way
   Examples:
   • He progressed well in school
   • My plants are coming along
   • Plans are shaping up
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Advance
   Definitions:
   • develop further
   Examples:
   • We are advancing technology every day
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Promote
   • Upgrade
   • Advance
   • Kick upstairs
   • Raise
   • Elevate
   Definitions:
   • give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
   Examples:
   • John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired
   • Women tend not to advance in the major law firms
   • I got promoted after many years of hard work
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Advance
    Definitions:
    • pay in advance
    Examples:
    • Can you advance me some money?
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Advance
    • Set ahead
    Definitions:
    • move forward
    Examples:
    • We have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Advance
    • Gain
    Definitions:
    • rise in rate or price
    Examples:
    • The stock market gained 24 points today
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Advanced
   Definitions:
   • farther along in physical or mental development
   Examples:
   • The child's skeletal age was classified as `advanced'
   • Children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average
   Antonyms:
   • Retarded
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Advanced
   Definitions:
   • comparatively late in a course of development
   Examples:
   • The illness had reached an advanced stage
   • An advanced state of exhaustion
   Antonyms:
   • Early
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Advanced
   • Forward-looking
   • Innovative
   • Modern
   Definitions:
   • ahead of the times
   Examples:
   • The advanced teaching methods
   • Had advanced views on the subject
   • A forward-looking corporation
   • Is British industry innovative enough?
   Antonyms:
   • Regressive
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Advanced
   Definitions:
   • at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill
   Examples:
   • An advanced degree
   • An advanced text in physics
   • Special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University
   Antonyms:
   • Low
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Advanced
   • Sophisticated
   Definitions:
   • ahead in development
   • complex or intricate
   Examples:
   • Advanced technology
   • A sophisticated electronic control system
   Antonyms:
   • Low-tech
   
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Advanced
   • Ripe
   Definitions:
   • far along in time
   Examples:
   • A man of advanced age
   • Advanced in years
   • A ripe old age
   • The ripe age of 90
   Antonyms:
   • Early
   • Middle
   
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Advanced
   Definitions:
   • (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry
   Examples:
   • Advanced societies
   • An advanced country technologically
   Antonyms:
   • Noncivilized
   • Noncivilised
   
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Advance
   • Advanced
   • In advance
   Definitions:
   • situated ahead or going before
   Examples:
   • An advance party
   • At that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies
   Antonyms:
   • Back