in progress

ADJECTIVE

begun

Synonyms

STRONG

going happening initiated proceeding working

WEAK

in motion in process operational operative under way

Antonyms

WEAK

latent prospective

ADJECTIVE

current

Synonyms

STRONGEST

modern ongoing present prevailing

STRONG

fad general in instant mod now ruling swinging

WEAK

accepted accustomed afoot circulating common knowledge customary cutting-edge doing existent extant fashionable going around hot in circulation in the mainstream in the news in use in vogue leading-edge on the front burner popular present-day prevalent rampant regnant rife state-of-the-art topical trendy up-to-date widespread

Antonyms

WEAK

antiquated old old-fashioned past uncommon uncontemporary

ADJECTIVE

ongoing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

continuing current growing open-ended successful

WEAK

advancing developing evolving extant heading in process marching progressing unfinished unfolding

Antonyms

WEAK

incontinuous infrequent intermittent stopping

ADJECTIVE

underway

Synonyms

STRONGEST

afoot ongoing

WEAK

advancing begun commenced initiated moving started undertaken

Antonyms

WEAK

halted stopped

Example Sentences

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The singer doesn’t mind being a work in progress.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

“They lack the authority to detain or arrest suspects, intervene in crimes in progress, conduct searches, or carry firearms for enforcement purposes,” according to a May 21 report from the city agency.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

JGB prices may also be weighed by Monday’s slowing in progress toward a deal to end the U.S.-Iran conflict, which could keep crude oil prices somewhat elevated.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

For now, it remains a work in progress.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

But he was often talked at, while they were in progress, by reason of Mrs. Joe’s perceiving that he was not favourable to my being taken from the forge.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

in progress

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