theory of evolution

1. 1.

   (biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals

   Synonymstheory of organic evolutionevolutionism

   Broaderscientific theory

   NarrowerDarwinismLamarckismpunctuated equilibrium

   biology

Questions about theory of evolution

What does theory of evolution mean?

theory of evolution means "(biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals".

What is another word for theory of evolution?

Close synonyms include theory of organic evolution, evolutionism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is theory of evolution a common word?

theory of evolution is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.