Synonyms of the word

evolution

• n. The process of accumulating change.
• n. A progression of change, often branching and diversifying in the process.
• n. (general) Gradual directional change especially one leading to a more advanced or complex form; growth;…
• n. (biology) The change in the genetic composition of a population over successive generations.
• n. (chemistry) The act or an instance of giving off gas; emission.
• n. (mathematics) The extraction of a root from a quantity.
• n. (military) One of a series of ordered movements.
• n. (dance, sports) A turning movement of the body.

development

• n. (uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
• n. (uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is…
• n. (countable) Something which has developed.
• n. (real estate, countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings, real…
• n. (real estate, uncountable) The building of a real estate development.
• n. (uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
• n. (chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
• n. (music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form.

phylogenesis

• n. Evolutionary development of a species.

phylogeny

• n. (systematics) The evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or clades.
• n. (systematics, informal) A phylogenetic diagram.
• n. The historical development of a human social or racial group.
• n. The historical development of any thing, idea, etc.

process

• n. A series of events which produce a result, especially as contrasted to product.
• n. (manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical…
• n. A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
• n. (anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
• n. (law) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate,…
• n. (biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
• n. (anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.
• n. (computing) A task or program that is or was executing.
• v. (transitive) To perform a particular process.
• v. (transitive) To think an information over, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept…
• v. To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer…
• v. (chiefly Britain) To walk in a procession.