development
nounHow many syllables in development?
There are 4 syllables in the word development.How to pronounce development:
Definition of development:
- development (noun):
- the process of growing or developing
- the act, process, or result of developing
- a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage).
Synonyms for development:
advance
advancement
assibilation
blooming
burgeoning
deepening
developing
elaboration
emergence
enlargement
evolution
expansion
exploitation
extension
flowering
growing
growth
improvement
increase
maturation
maturing
ontogenesis
ontogeny
physical process
process
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Antonyms for development:
abasement
backslide
barbarianism
barbarism
block
blockage
cessation
comedown
condemnation
debasement
decadence
decay
decaying
declension
declination
decline
decrease
degeneracy
degeneration
degradation
demotion
denunciation
depression
derision
descent
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