Breakthrough
Breakthrough noun - An instance of notable progress in the development of knowledge, technology, or skill.
Usage example: Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin was one of medicine's great breakthroughs, for penicillin became the first antibiotic to successfully combat bacterial infections in humans
Evolution and breakthrough are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Evolution" instead a noun "Breakthrough".
Evolution
Evolution noun - The act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced.
Breakthrough and evolution are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Breakthrough" instead a noun "Evolution".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- addition and breakthrough
- addition and evolution
- extension and breakthrough
- extension and evolution
- movement and breakthrough
- movement and evolution
- progress and breakthrough
- progress and evolution
- advance and breakthrough
- advance and evolution
- development and breakthrough
- development and evolution
- progression and breakthrough
- progression and evolution
How words are described
| original | original breakthrough | original evolution |
| real | real breakthrough | real evolution |
| artistic | artistic breakthrough | artistic evolution |
| personal | personal breakthrough | personal evolution |
| Other adjectives: ultimate, new, early, major, dramatic, psychological, final, significant, amazing, next, last, latest, cultural, recent, technological. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Justified in Angel Fire by Andrew Greely, because the discovery of evolutionary levels in fruit flies was presented as a Nobel-winning breakthrough rather than evolution-as-usual.
Source: Evolutionary Levels -
Despite Phlox's assertion that the Menk are on the edge of an evolutionary breakthrough, it's only a theory he has (based on an absurd misunderstanding of evolution) and there is no certainty that it will actually occur.
Source: Inferred Holocaust
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Evolution and Breakthrough. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/breakthrough/evolution
Breakthrough & Evolution. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/breakthrough/evolution>.
Evolution or Breakthrough. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/breakthrough/evolution.
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