Development
Development noun - The process of becoming mature.
Usage example: a tulip's development from a bulb into a flower
Death is an antonym for development.
Death
Death noun - The permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities.
Development is an antonym for death.
How words are described
| human | human development | human death |
| good | good development | good death |
| physical | physical development | physical death |
| nice | nice development | nice death |
| Other adjectives: long, similar, normal, natural, single, actual, real, serious, slow, little, new, early, major, unexpected, later, subsequent, eventual, recent. | ||
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Death and Development. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/development/death
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Death or Development. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/development/death.
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