Text: 1 being far along in development<an advanced civilization, among the first anywhere to use the plow, developed on the banks of the Nile River thousands of years ago>Synonymsdeveloped, evolved, high, higher, improved, progressive, refinedRelated Wordsfull-blown, full-fledged, full-grown, full-scale; aged, grown, mature, matured, perfected, ripe, ripened; civilized, educated, enhanced, enlightened; contemporary, latest, modern, newest, newfangled, new-fashioned, novel, recent, up-to-date; early, precociousNear Antonymsgreen, immature, underdeveloped, undersized, underweight, unripe, unripened; uncivilized, uneducated; early, primeval, primordial; antediluvian, antiquated, Neanderthal, oldfangled, old-fashionedAntonymsbackward, low, lower, nonprogressive, primitive, retarded, rudimentary, undeveloped 2 being at a higher level than average<a two-year-old who is advanced for his age><advanced mathematics>— see high 2

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