All make headway synonyms

verb make headway

• persist — to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.: to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities.
• propel — to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward: to propel a boat by rowing.
• accelerate — If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster.
• storm — Theodore Woldsen [tey-aw-dawr vawlt-suh n] /ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr ˈvɔlt sən/ (Show IPA), 1817–88, German poet and novelist.
• progress — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
• promote — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
• speed — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
• achieve — If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
• move up — to pass from one place or position to another.
• advance — To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
• go on — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• linger — to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
• pursue — to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).
• reach — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
• stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
• remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
• maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
• sustain — to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
• survive — to remain alive after the death of someone, the cessation of something, or the occurrence of some event; continue to live: Few survived after the holocaust.
• last — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
• prosper — to be successful or fortunate, especially in financial respects; thrive; flourish.
• manage — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
• handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
• happen — to take place; come to pass; occur: Something interesting is always happening in New York.
• prove — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
• continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
• fly — to move through the air using wings.
• move — to pass from one place or position to another.
• run — execution
• navigate — to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft: to navigate a river.
• float — to rest or remain on the surface of a liquid; be buoyant: The hollow ball floated.
• drift — a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
• cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
• sweep — to move or remove (dust, dirt, etc.) with or as if with a broom, brush, or the like.
• leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
• skim — to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk.
• cruise — A cruise is a holiday during which you travel on a ship or boat and visit a number of places.
• steer — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
• soar — to fly upward, as a bird.
• march — to touch at the border; border.
• proceed — to move or go forward or onward, especially after stopping.
• launch — to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
• drive — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
• dispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
• conquer — If one country or group of people conquers another, they take complete control of their land.
• skyrocket — a rocket firework that ascends into the air and explodes at a height, usually in a brilliant array of sparks of one or more colors.
• hasten — to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
• quicken — to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace.
• persevere — to persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement; continue steadfastly.