Synonyms for development
noun
Improvement
gain, rise, advancement; see improvement 1, progress 1.
The process of growth
growth, unfolding, elaboration, maturing, progress (toward a more perfect state), ripening, maturation, progress to maturity, enlargement, expansion, augmentation, addition, spread, evolution, gradual evolution, evolving, advancement, improvement, reinforcement, growing, increasing, elaborating, spreading, developing, adding to, reinforcing, progressing, perfecting, making progress, advancing; see also increase 1.
Antonyms reduction*, decrease, lessening.
A real estate development
subdivision, housing development, community, tract, addition, annex, shopping center, enlargement, extension, expansion, branch, construction.
See development in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms
development evolution progress
These nouns mean a progression from a simpler or lower to a more advanced, mature, or complex form or stage: the development of an idea into reality; the evolution of a plant from a seed; attempts made to foster social progress.
See development in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
A progression from a simple form to a more complex one:
evolution, evolvement, growth, progress, unfolding. See changeThe result or product of building up:
accretion, buildup, enlargement, multiplication, proliferation. See increaseSteady improvement, as of an individual or a society:
amelioration, betterment, improvement, melioration, progress. See betterSomething significant that happens:
circumstance, episode, event, happening, incident, news, occasion, occurrence, thing. See happen
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