Synonyms for ontogenesis
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The generation and development of an individual organism from fertilization to adulthood.
Forms
- Plural
- ontogeneses → developments, growths, growings, ontogenies…
Example sentences
- growth Women, then, are only children of a larger growth.
- growing The economy of the country kept growing for years.
- ontogeny Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| ontogenesis | falling | |
| growth | steady | |
| growing | steady | |
| maturation | steady | |
| ontogeny | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- growth1
- 7 letters
- growing2
- 8 letters
- ontogeny4
- 10 letters
- maturation4
- 11 letters
- development4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (growing2 = 2 syllables).