REVERSIVE Antonyms

• remaining in force or being carried on without letup

• persisting for a long time

• lasting a long time

• patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble

• at or near or directed toward the front

• used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty

• of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle

• the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey

• a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team

• at or to or toward the front; forward

• forward in time or order or degree

• toward the future; forward in time

• in a forward direction

• near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane

• moving forward

• send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit

• incapable of being reversed

• currently happening

• continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place

• a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals

• not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition

• 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

• conforming to the same principles or course of action over time

• showing little if any change