Synonyms for development

1. noun: act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining

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

• evolution synonyms

3. noun: (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

• growth synonyms
• growing synonyms
• maturation
• ontogeny
• ontogenesis

Antonyms

• nondevelopment

4. noun: a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation

5. noun: the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

• exploitation synonyms

6. noun: a district that has been developed to serve some purpose

7. noun: a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)

8. noun: processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

• developing synonyms

9. noun: (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated