gradual change
Incremental shift over time
Gradual change is transformation that happens slowly, by small degrees rather than sudden shifts.
The phrase emphasizes incremental movement: Gradual change in the climate has altered migration patterns.
It often implies change so slow it's barely perceptible moment to moment but significant over time.
- slowLacking in speed
- slow burnGradual buildup of rage
- inch by inchIn tiny successive stages
- incrementalProceeding by small additions
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
drift · tectonic shift · shift · progression · subtle · creeping · imperceptible · erosion · transition · fade · fading light · metamorphosis · thaw · ripening · weathering · aging · coming of age · growing pains
- temperature changestemperature drop, heat waves, temperature rise, cold snaps, temperature spike
- conservatismconservative, traditionalism, fiscal conservative, small government, free enterprise
- transitionstransition, blending, segue, fade, changeover
- dynamicspiano, forte, mezzo forte, fortissimo, pianissimo
- minimalismminimalism, declutter, decluttering, simplicity, less is more
- story beatsstory beat, plot twist, climax, denouement, rising tension
gradual changesudden change
rapid change · revolutionary change · sea change · quantum leap · upheaval
gradual changestep change
Sudden major shift
quantum leap · rupture · break · saltation · revolutionary change
gradual changestasis
State of inactivity
immobility · permanence · changelessness · fixity · constancy
gradual, gradually, gradualness, grade, grades, graded, grading, gradient, gradients