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BREAKTHROUGH Synonyms

There are 7 synonyms of the word breakthrough. (exact relations)
There are 12 hypernyms of the word breakthrough. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for BREAKTHROUGH

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discovery
nounn
noun

• the act of discovering something

• something that is discovered

• a productive insight

• (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case

advancement
nounn
noun

• encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• gradual improvement or growth or development

development
verb, nounv, n
noun

• act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining

• a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

• a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation

• the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

• a district that has been developed to serve some purpose

• a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)

• processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

• (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated

innovation
nounn
noun

• a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation

• the creation of something in the mind

• the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

invention
nounn
noun

• the creation of something in the mind

• a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation

• the act of inventing

milestone
nounn
noun

• stone post at side of a road to show distances

• a significant event in your life (or in a project)

find
verbv
noun

• a productive insight

• the act of discovering something

verb

• come upon, as if by accident; meet with

• discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes

• come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost

• establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study

• come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds

• perceive or be contemporaneous with

• get something or somebody for a specific purpose

• make a discovery, make a new finding

• obtain through effort or management

• decide on and make a declaration about

• receive a specified treatment (abstract)

• perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place

• get or find back; recover the use of

• succeed in reaching; arrive at

• accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation

Best Hypernyms For BREAKTHROUGH

Here is a list of related hypernyms for breakthrough, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (12)
discovery achievement advance brainstorm brainwave development find incursion insight success triumph uncovering

Alternatives for DISCOVERY

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