breakthrough
adjective
1. Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
- a breakthrough technological advance
noun
1. a productive insight
Similar word(s): discovery, find
Definition categories: thought, brainstorm, brainwave, insight
2. making an important discovery
Definition categories: act, discovery, find, uncovering
3. a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense
Definition categories: act, incursion, penetration
Sentences with breakthrough as a noun:
- Albert Einstein is credited with making some of the greatest breakthroughs in modern physics.