PROCESSION Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

procession

noun

prə-ˈse-shən

Definition of procession

as in parade

a body of individuals moving along in an orderly and often ceremonial way a procession of mourners leaving the cemetery

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as in process

forward movement in time or place watched the constant procession of cars headed out of the city at the start of the weekend

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Recent Examples of procession Local South Asian cultural organizations joined the procession, marking 80 years of Indian independence with music, dance and floats hung with Indian flags and colorful streamers. — Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026 Humanoid robots during the opening procession at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday. — Reuters, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2026 The video for it, projected at large scale in a gallery space lined with a red textile woven with the song’s musical score, follows a ritualistic procession including Björk through an Icelandic valley. — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Harry and Meghan arrived together, but Harry went on to walk with other royal family members in a procession to Westminster Abbey from Westminster Hall. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for procession

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Noun

To be the marching band selected to kick off the State Fair parade is something Rosemount students don't take for granted.

— John Lauritsen, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
It is widely flown and displayed in parades and other public events by bisexual persons and their friends, families, and supporters.

— Brian Duignan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of parade

Noun

What the article does not show is that this process is what high-performing firms use, or that firms which use it then outperform.

— Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
To comply, states would have to retool their processes for printing and mailing ballots, a potentially expensive process that might be difficult to achieve quickly.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of process

Noun

During an episode of The Osbournes Podcast in 2024, Ozzy shared a blunt update on the progression of the project.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026
This provides a ton of flexibility for progression, and feels extremely rewarding for painting units together – and directly ties into that narrative sense of camaraderie that builds as well.

— Hayes Madsen, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of progression

Noun

Big picture The league and the union are meeting regularly on various topics, but their disagreement on core economics — whether to move to a cap system — leaves little room for progress on the major issues.

— Evan Drellich, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Its work-in-progress was also one of five titles at the 2025 prestigious and highly selective Annecy Animation Showcase at the Cannes Festival’s Marché du Film.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of progress

Noun

If this wasn't enough, Salesforce on Wednesday announced a new product integration with Claude chatbot maker Anthropic, the very startup whose rapid technological advances this year fanned much of those AI disruption fears.

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
The way Aschenbrener explained it, advances in AI would soon enable humanity to unlock unlimited resources and colonize distant planets.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of advance

Noun

One specific area that is actively being explored is the potential of using bacteriophages, which are originally viral in nature, in conjunction with advancements in AI to help detect, track and destroy resistant bacteria forms.

— Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
The advanced weapon features AV’s 20kW-class LOCUST LWS integrated on the General Motors Defense Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) platform–a significant advancement in mobile, frontline C-UAS capabilities.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of advancement

Noun

In the Soviet Union, basic military training was compulsory in schools including gas mask drills, march practice, and rifle assembly.

— Bloomberg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
That march, an inflection point in the Civil Rights Movement, also came at a fraught moment for the country, when economic headwinds, civil unrest, political division and the war in Vietnam bitterly divided Americans.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of march

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