Antonyms for sprout
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1. sproutnoun

   Synonyms:
   bud, germ, shoot, twig, stem, scion

2. sproutverb

   Antonyms:
   blight, wither, decay

   Synonyms:
   shoot, germinate, spring, vegetate, bud

Matched Categories

1. • Grow
   • Plant Organ

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sproutnoun

   any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud

2. sproutverb

   a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)

3. shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sproutverb

   produce buds, branches, or germinate

   "the potatoes sprouted"

   Synonyms:
   shoot, teem, scud, blast, hit, film, snap, take, pullulate, bourgeon, swarm, buck, shoot down, fool away, fritter, dissipate, dart, frivol away, burgeon forth, develop, stock, scoot, fritter away, charge, inject, germinate, pour, stream, fool, photograph, tear, dash, spud, flash, pip, evolve

4. sprout, stockverb

   put forth and grow sprouts or shoots

   "the plant sprouted early this year"

   Synonyms:
   stock up, stock, buy in, spud, stockpile, pullulate, carry, germinate, bourgeon, shoot, burgeon forth

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1. sproutnoun

   Synonyms:
   shoot, tiller, chit, sucker, scion, aerospire, plumule, rattoon

2. sproutverb

   Synonyms:
   germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, grow, vegetate, branch, ramify, tiller

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lad

   a young thing

   Submitted by anonymous on October 7, 2019  

How to use sprout in a sentence?

1. Laurie Little:

   Valeant intends to comply with all of its obligations under our agreement with the former shareholders of Sprout, including, as they relate to marketing spend, number of sales reps, and post-marketing studies.

2. Koran:

   Surely God causes the seed and the stone to sprout He brings forth the living from the dead, and He is the bringer forth of the dead from the living.

3. Ered Lithui:

   Instead it is possible that volcanoes have continued to sprout or new ones formed long after the original foundation, our restless Earth is never still.

4. Laozi:

   The tree which fills the arms grew from the tiniest sprout...

5. King Jehovah Hohenzollern:

   Life is my seed, I have yet to sprout.

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