"advance" en el diccionario Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus

advance
vb

1 accelerate, bring forward, bring up, come forward, elevate, go ahead, go forward, go on, hasten, make inroads, move onward, move up, press on, proceed, progress, promote, send forward, send up, speed, upgrade

2 benefit, further, grow, improve, multiply, prosper, thrive

3 adduce, allege, cite, offer, present, proffer, put forward, submit, suggest

4 lend, pay beforehand, supply on credit
n

5 advancement, development, forward movement, headway, inroad, onward movement, progress

6 advancement, amelioration, betterment, breakthrough, furtherance, gain, growth, improvement, progress, promotion, step

7 appreciation, credit, deposit, down payment, increase (in price) loan, prepayment, retainer, rise (in price)

8 advances approach, approaches, moves, overtures, proposals, proposition
adj

9 beforehand, early, foremost, forward, in front, leading, prior

10 in advance  ahead, beforehand, earlier, in the forefront, in the lead, in the van, on the barrelhead, previously

Antonyms
,   vb

1 demote, hold back, impede, move back, regress, retard, retreat, set back, withdraw

2 decrease, diminish, lessen, weaken

3 hide, hold back, suppress, withhold

4 defer payment, withhold payment