developed

wealthy and industrialized; not third-world.

Adjective

  1. wealthy and industrialized; not third-world.
    • Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear...
  2. Mature.
  3. Containing man-made structures such as roads, sewers, electric lines, buildings, and so on.
  4. Having useful or necessary infrastructure.
    • Access to finance is deeper and wider under better institutions (more transparency, better property rights) in more developed financial markets, and in an environment less distorted by taxes, unnecessary regulations,...
  5. Advanced, fully formed.
    • We shall, however, obtain a clearer view of the question if we consider the superstitions of those races which have a rudimentary religion, and endeavour to trace these ideas up into a more developed condition. - 2014,...
  6. Processed and fixed; containing a visible negative (or positive for slide film) image

Forms

more developed most developed

Synonyms

advanced first-world industrialised big adult

Antonyms

undeveloped

Derived

developed country developedness ESA-developed hyperdeveloped maldeveloped NASA-developed overdeveloped semideveloped underdeveloped well-developed

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of develop