Synonyms of DEVELOPMENT

noun

1. a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

   • EVOLUTION12

2. (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

   • GROWTH13
   • GROWING12
   • MATURATION12
   • ONTOGENY12
   • ONTOGENESIS12

3. the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

   • EXPLOITATION21

4. processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

   • DEVELOPING17