Definition for Development:

• the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful; " the development of Alaskan resources"; " the exploitation of copper deposits"

Synonyms for Development:

• n.

  •
  • childish,
  • babyish,
  • early.
  •
  • climate,
  • situation,
  • conditions,
  • tract,
  • annex,
  • branch,
  • environment,
  • context,
  • background,
  • position,
  • community.
  •
  • Constitutionality,
  • containment,
  • census,
  • boondoggle,
  • Balkanization,
  • progress,
  • constitution,
  • Balkanisation,
  • amnesty.
  •
  • block.
  •
  • better,
  • assembly,
  • develop.
  •
  • occasion,
  • happen.
  •
  • causation.
  •change (noun)
  • transfiguration,
  • variation,
  • mutation,
  • transubstantiation.
  •complexity (noun)
  • complication.
  •creation (noun)
  • establishment,
  • origination,
  • conception,
  • invention.
  •development (noun)
  • maturation,
  • exploitation,
  • developing,
  • ontogeny,
  • growing,
  • ontogenesis,
  • evolution.
  •effect (noun)
  • sequent,
  • resultant,
  • materialization,
  • follow-up,
  • aftereffect.
  •end (noun)
  • conclusion.
  •expansion (noun)
  • magnification,
  • broadening,
  • crescendo,
  • augmentation,
  • enlargement,
  • widening,
  • amplification,
  • inflation,
  • lengthening,
  • spreading,
  • increase,
  • engorgement,
  • extension,
  • dilation,
  • growth,
  • thickening,
  • fattening,
  • expansion,
  • distension,
  • burgeoning,
  • stretching,
  • increment,
  • swelling.
  •growth (noun)
  • Evolving,
  • progression,
  • flowering,
  • hike,
  • reinforcement,
  • upping,
  • increasing,
  • spread,
  • Maturing,
  • addition,
  • Upgrowth,
  • advancement,
  • ongoing,
  • ripening.
  •happening, incident (noun)
  • result,
  • Eventuation,
  • eventuality,
  • denouement,
  • upshot,
  • issue,
  • outcome,
  • phenomenon.
  •importance (noun)
  • stature.
  •improvement (noun)
  • promotion.
  •maturity (noun)
  • maturescence.
  •phase (noun)
  • phase.
  •preparation (noun)
  • arrangement,
  • composition,
  • fabrication,
  • fostering,
  • formulation,
  • drafting,
  • construction,
  • equipment,
  • preparation,
  • mobilization.
  •production (noun)
  • making,
  • production,
  • creation,
  • building,
  • manufacture,
  • execution,
  • formation,
  • generation.
  •prosperity (noun)
  • boom.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • redevelop,
  • direction,
  • path,
  • childlike,
  • distance,
  • boyhood,
  • fortification,
  • adolescence,
  • reparation,
  • remediation,
  • innovative,
  • buildup,
  • elicitation,
  • developmental,
  • relief,
  • event,
  • infancy,
  • puberty,
  • structural,
  • creativity,
  • enhancement,
  • abatement,
  • perfection,
  • odyssey,
  • innovate,
  • Evolvement,
  • furtherance,
  • tide,
  • causality,
  • trajectory,
  • gain,
  • barracks,
  • unfolding,
  • devise,
  • girlhood,
  • maturity,
  • boost,
  • juvenile,
  • childhood,
  • upbringing,
  • rework,
  • improvement.
  •
  • discovery,
  • coin,
  • masonry,
  • amelioration,
  • life,
  • degree,
  • cultivation,
  • Styling,
  • originate,
  • discipline,
  • figure,
  • going,
  • megaplex,
  • episode,
  • subdivision,
  • plot,
  • momentum,
  • complex,
  • melioration,
  • minority,
  • breakthrough,
  • notch,
  • roofing,
  • change,
  • huddle,
  • recreation,
  • accretion.
  •
  • advance,
  • assemblage,
  • happening,
  • incident,
  • history,
  • center,
  • betterment,
  • contrive,
  • multiplication,
  • lay.
  •
  • proliferation,
  • occurrence,
  • determination,
  • spin off,
  • creative.
  •
  • news,
  • reconstruction,
  • course,
  • action,
  • circumstance,
  • design.
  •
  • thing.
  •development
  • gestation.
  •flowering
  • florescence.
  •maintenance
  • Nurturing.
  •shift
  • transition.

Paraphrases for Development:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    evolution, developement.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    evolution.
  • Verb, past tense
    developments.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    developments.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    events.
  • Noun, plural
    events.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    event.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    development-related, self-development.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    development-related, self-development, underdevelopment.
  • Adverb
    developmentally.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    deve-, devising, underdeveloped.
  • Proper noun, singular
    payments, competencies, principles, Recommendations, Telecommunications, indicators, methods, Negotiations, Possibilities, requirements, instruments, entrepreneurs, PROSPECTS, investors, examples, aspects, Standards, oceans, Measures, media, solutions, Donors, PORTS, Workshops, loans, thousands, consumers, data, Hospitals, experiences, expenses, Goals, targets, heads, men, Bodies, members, women, claims, assess, developpement, develops, progress, expansion, desenvolvimento.
  • Noun, plural
    Movements, constructions, refinements, expansions, innovations, Governments, moves, Adjustments, adaptations, commitments, concepts, builds, patterns, alterations, Analyses, purposes, decisions, Economies, Grants, installations, IMPACTS, Tendencies, qualifications, levels, Guidelines, trainees, lessons, interests, dollars, Commodities, Capacities, Bets, Firms, employees, STRIDES, Outbreaks, Drives, Freedoms, stages, dimensions, fittings, decades, ties, preferences, Fellowships, weapons, Schools, Lives, exchanges, Efforts, features, Cities, shifts, conclusions, Classes, sides, farms, approaches, Missions, FORMATS, experts, bursaries, courts, aims, establishments, principles, Recommendations, indicators, requirements, PROSPECTS, aspects, Standards, Measures, thousands, Goals, targets, women, develops, designs.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    data, advent, progress, devising, novelty, transformation, framing, furtherance, boom, drawing-up, build-up.
  • Verb, past tense
    Promoted, Devised, noted, Evolved, produced, Drafted, Grew, determining, Introduced, initiated, conducted, finalized, Worked, involved, formed, added, founded, stressed, said.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Progressing, Furthering, Conceiving, Consolidating, deriving, Supplementing, stimulating, Maturing, proceeding, unlocking, emerging, spreading, Articulating, Elaborating, forging, burgeoning, equipping, Realizing, Recruiting, Carrying, Fleshing, devising, framing.
  • Verb, past participle
    Progressed, Promoted, Compiled, Devised, Furthered, Evolved, Drafted, upgraded, grown, finalized, Worked, drawn, refined.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    progresses, grows, follows, moves, becomes, builds, goes.
  • Verb, base form
    lay, progress, flourish.

• Other Related

  • Cardinal number
    develop.
  • Adjective
    developmental, development-oriented, develop.
  • Proper noun, singular
    developmental, elaboration, growth, improvement, improvements, develop, promotion, promotions.
  • Noun, plural
    markets, states, preparations, advancements, improvement, improvements, develop, promotion, promotions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    developmental, elaboration, sophistication, growth, improvement, develop, expansion, promotion.
  • Adverb
    develop.
  • Verb, past tense
    develop.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Boosting, develop.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    develops, develop.
  • Verb, base form
    growth, develop.

Antonyms for Development:

• n.

  • growth
    lessening, stagnation, withdrawal, stoppage, decline, halt, retrogression, retreat, decrease, shrinkage, reduction.
  • happening, incident
    origin, cause, source.
  • Other antonyms:
    lapse, mother, base, consideration, exit, backslide, dying, ignorance, regress, wilting, root, Shriveling, foundation, weakening, expiration, expiry, falling, ground, factor, spring, inspiration, instigation, expiring, decay, incentive, groundwork, stimulus, fading, impetus, antecedent, devaluation, ebbing, basis, relapse, death, illiteracy, end, decease, withering, waning, nondevelopment, declining, demise, determinant.

Homophones for Development:

• double bind, devolvement, double bond.

Hypernym for Development:

• n.

  • act
    progress, working out, elaboration, advancement, broadening, product development.
  • event
    turn of events, twist, ramification, complication, phenomenon, turn.
  • location
    housing estate, housing development.
  • state
    underdevelopment.

Hyponym for Development:

• n.

  • act
    improvement.
  • communication
    subdivision, section.
  • event
    change, alteration, modification.
  • location
    dominion, territory, district, territorial dominion.
  • state
    melioration, improvement.