evolutionary C1 Topic:Time US /ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ɛɹ.i/ UK /ˌiː.vəˈl(j)uː.ʃən.ɹi/ See IPA manual Freq #14124 Meanings 1 adj Relating to the gradual development of living things over time. The whale's evolutionary history includes land-dwelling ancestors. 2 adj Happening through slow, gradual change rather than sudden change. The company favored an evolutionary approach to redesigning its products. Thesaurus Synonyms evolutional ↔ Opposites non-evolutionalnon-evolutionarynonevolutionalnonevolutionary Word family Forms evolutionarierevolutionariest Derived forms anti-evolutionaryantievolutionarybioevolutionaryco-evolutionarycoevolutionaryeco-evolutionaryecoevolutionaryevilutionaryevolutionarilymacro-evolutionarymacroevolutionarymesoevolutionary Common collocations evolutionary trend Adjective + noun Etymology From evolution + -ary. Topics Time Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # evolutionary **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ɛɹ.i/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌiː.vəˈl(j)uː.ʃən.ɹi/ **Frequency rank:** 14124 ## Meanings 1. Relating to the gradual development of living things over time. 2. Happening through slow, gradual change rather than sudden change. ## Examples - The whale's evolutionary history includes land-dwelling ancestors. - The company favored an evolutionary approach to redesigning its products. ## Synonyms - evolutional ## Antonyms - non-evolutional - non-evolutionary - nonevolutional - nonevolutionary ## Derived Forms - anti-evolutionary - antievolutionary - bioevolutionary - co-evolutionary - coevolutionary - eco-evolutionary - ecoevolutionary - evilutionary - evolutionarily - macro-evolutionary - macroevolutionary - mesoevolutionary ## Etymology From evolution + -ary. ## Topics - Time - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown