1. (noun)development act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining Synonyms: ontogenesis, growth, developing, growing, exploitation, ontogeny, maturation, evolution Antonyms: nondevelopment
2. (noun)development, evolution a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) Synonyms: phylogenesis, ontogenesis, growth, developing, phylogeny, growing, organic evolution, exploitation, ontogeny, maturation, evolution, development Antonyms: nondevelopment
3. (noun)growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level Synonyms: development, emergence, ripening, maturation, suppuration, increase, ontogenesis, maturement, growth, evolution, developing, outgrowth, ontogeny, increment, exploitation, growing, festering Antonyms: nondevelopment
4. (noun)development a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation Synonyms: ontogenesis, growth, developing, growing, exploitation, ontogeny, maturation, evolution Antonyms: nondevelopment
5. (noun)exploitation, development the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful Synonyms: ontogenesis, maturation, using, growth, developing, victimization, growing, exploitation, ontogeny, victimisation, evolution, development Antonyms: nondevelopment
6. (noun)development a district that has been developed to serve some purpose Synonyms: ontogenesis, growth, developing, growing, exploitation, ontogeny, maturation, evolution Antonyms: nondevelopment
7. (noun)development a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess) Synonyms: ontogenesis, growth, developing, growing, exploitation, ontogeny, maturation, evolution Antonyms: nondevelopment
8. (noun)development, developing processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible Synonyms: ontogenesis, growth, developing, growing, exploitation, ontogeny, maturation, evolution, development Antonyms: nondevelopment
9. (noun)development (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated Synonyms: ontogenesis, growth, developing, growing, exploitation, ontogeny, maturation, evolution Antonyms: nondevelopment
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'development'
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1. development Education (L. educere, to lead or draw out) is the systematic development and cultivation of the mind and other natural powers. "Education is the harmonious development of all our faculties. It Synonyms: education, breeding, discipline, learning, study, cultivation, information, nurture, teaching, culture, instruction, reading, training, development, knowledge, schooling, tuition Antonyms: ignorance, illiteracy
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