adj
Freq #14124
Meanings
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1
adj
Relating to the gradual development of living things over time.
The whale's evolutionary history includes land-dwelling ancestors.
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2
adj
Happening through slow, gradual change rather than sudden change.
The company favored an evolutionary approach to redesigning its products.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
Opposites
non-evolutionalnon-evolutionarynonevolutionalnonevolutionary
Word family
Forms
evolutionarierevolutionariest
Derived forms
anti-evolutionaryantievolutionarybioevolutionaryco-evolutionarycoevolutionaryeco-evolutionaryecoevolutionaryevilutionaryevolutionarilymacro-evolutionarymacroevolutionarymesoevolutionary
Etymology
From evolution + -ary.