ONGOING Synonyms

• recurring regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series

• having no interruptions

• remaining in force or being carried on without letup

• persisting for a long time

• continuing in time or space without interruption

• of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity

• occurring in or belonging to the present time

• a flow of electricity through a conductor

• a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)

• dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

• processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

• relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply

• an event that happens

• retained; not shed

• never-ceasing

• continually recurring to the mind

• stubbornly unyielding

• favoring or promoting progress

• (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases

• a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

• a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

• favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)

• gradually advancing in extent

• (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position

• advancing in severity

• not subject to change or variation especially in behavior

• a person loved by another person

• in a steady manner

• not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall

• securely in position; not shaky

• marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

• relating to a person who does something regularly

• not easily excited or upset

• make steady

• support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace

• currently in progress

• currently happening