Synonyms and Antonyms of development
1
the act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced
- the development of an idea into a marketable product
advancement, betterment, improvement, perfection, refinement
incubation, maturation, maturing, ripening
blossoming, flourishing, flowering
addition, augmentation, enhancement, supplementation
emergence, evolvement, metamorphosis
backslide, lapse, relapse
decadence, decay, decaying, declension, declination, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, degradation, descent, deterioration, devaluation, downfall, downgrade, ebbing, falling, weakening
2
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
- a development that the writers of the law never anticipated or intended
aftereffect, aftermath, backwash, child, conclusion, consequence, corollary, effect, fate, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, precipitate, product, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, upshot
ramification
denouement (also dénouement), echo, implication, repercussion
afterclap, afterglow, aftershock
blowback, by-product, fallout, offshoot, ripple, side effect (also side reaction), spin-off
consideration, determinant, factor
base, basis, foundation, ground, groundwork
impetus, incentive, inspiration, instigation, stimulus
mother, origin, root, source, spring
3
the process of becoming mature
- a tulip's development from a bulb into a flower
decadence, decay, decaying, declension, decline, declining, degeneration, descent, deterioration
ebbing, fading, shriveling (or shrivelling), waning, wilting, withering
death, decease, demise, dying, end, exit, expiration, expiring, expiry, perishing
regression, retrogression, reversion
