Meanings
adjectivedevelopmental (not comparable)
- not comparableRelated to development.
Developmental psychology studies how the mind forms as children and adolescents grow.
noundevelopmental (plural developmentals)
plural developmentals
- A trainee flight controller.
Mr. Paguaga said: “We do have a pipeline of people that are developmentals coming into the building.
2007 May 12, Matthew L. Wald, “As Kennedy Traffic Rises, So Do Worries About Delays and Heavier Runway Use”, in New York Times
Origin
- Englishdevelopment
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishdevelopmental
From development + -al.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech vývojový
- vývojovýrelated to development
French développemental
- développementalrelated to development
Hungarian fejlődési, fejlesztési
- fejlődésirelated to development
- fejlesztésirelated to development
Polish rozwojowy
- rozwojowyrelated to development
Spanish desarrollista, desarrollal
- desarrollistarelated to development
- desarrollalrelated to development
Ukrainian розвива́льний
- розвива́льний (rozvyválʹnyj)related to development
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with developmental
environmentalrentaldentalexperimentalcontinentalgentleinstrumentaldepartmentalaccidentalelementalintergovernmentaloccidentaltranscendentalnongovernmentalcoincidentallentiljudgmentalinterdepartmentaltemperamentalentalcompartmentalunsentimentalcentalthiopental
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
developmental. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/developmental
MLA
“developmental.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/developmental. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “developmental,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/developmental.
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