Boost
Devolution
Devolution noun - A change to a lower state or level.
Usage example: the gradual devolution of the neighborhood from a thriving community of close-knit families to a drug-ridden slum
Boost is an antonym for devolution.
How words are described
| noticeable | noticeable boost | noticeable devolution |
| final | final boost | final devolution |
| further | further boost | further devolution |
| greater | greater boost | greater devolution |
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Devolution and Boost. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/boost/devolution
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Devolution or Boost. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/boost/devolution.
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