Synonyms for develop
dɪˈvɛl əp

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1. develop(verb)

   make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation

   "Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather"; "They developed a new technique"

   Synonyms:
   rise, grow, educate, produce, acquire, modernise, explicate, make grow, formulate, evolve, arise, germinate, break, train, build up, get, originate, uprise, modernize, spring up, recrudesce, prepare

2. evolve, germinate, develop(verb)

   work out

   "We have developed a new theory of evolution"

   Synonyms:
   rise, spud, burgeon forth, grow, educate, produce, shoot, spring up, sprout, explicate, make grow, acquire, evolve, arise, germinate, break, modernise, train, bourgeon, get, originate, build up, uprise, modernize, recrudesce, formulate, pullulate, prepare

3. develop, acquire, evolve(verb)

   gain through experience

   "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting"

   Synonyms:
   rise, adopt, grow, educate, produce, gain, acquire, modernise, win, explicate, make grow, formulate, evolve, arise, germinate, learn, break, train, assume, build up, get, originate, take on, take, larn, uprise, modernize, spring up, recrudesce, prepare

4. grow, develop, produce, get, acquire(verb)

   come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

   "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"

   Synonyms:
   take, arrest, make, mature, mystify, experience, take on, explicate, draw, assume, stupefy, have, arise, become, formulate, learn, receive, larn, scram, prepare, uprise, go, stimulate, sire, drive, engender, fix, pay back, spring up, suffer, sustain, stick, set about, create, bring out, raise, get under one's skin, incur, gain, contract, bring forth, grow, dumbfound, beat, adopt, start, set out, win, rise, buzz off, train, modernize, make grow, originate, bring about, bring, bewilder, mother, induce, modernise, catch, bugger off, obtain, beget, puzzle, flummox, get, generate, turn, find, vex, germinate, baffle, recrudesce, start out, convey, capture, aim, let, perplex, bring on, gravel, fetch, begin, father, amaze, commence, get down, build up, arrive, produce, acquire, come, educate, evolve, maturate, break, pay off, pose, give rise, cause, farm, nonplus

5. originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow(verb)

   come into existence; take on form or shape

   "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"

   Synonyms:
   turn, start, bristle, mature, rise, get, build up, prepare, stand up, climb up, uprise, maturate, acquire, go up, rebel, surface, lift, arise, spring up, farm, come up, grow, originate, train, evolve, modernize, bob up, resurrect, ascend, initiate, climb, heighten, make grow, break, get up, prove, germinate, move up, turn out, jump, raise, formulate, modernise, rear, produce, mount, rise up, wax, recrudesce, educate, explicate

6. build up, develop(verb)

   change the use of and make available or usable

   "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"

   Synonyms:
   rise, fortify, grow, educate, produce, progress, modernize, spring up, modernise, explicate, make grow, arm, acquire, evolve, build, germinate, break, train, uprise, build up, get, originate, gird, ramp up, recrudesce, formulate, arise, work up, prepare

7. explicate, formulate, develop(verb)

   elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

   "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"

   Synonyms:
   rise, grow, educate, produce, explain, train, acquire, invent, explicate, make grow, excogitate, evolve, arise, germinate, articulate, devise, break, modernise, spring up, phrase, build up, get, originate, give voice, contrive, word, forge, uprise, modernize, recrudesce, formulate, prepare

8. train, develop, prepare, educate(verb)

   create by training and teaching

   "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"

   Synonyms:
   rail, rise, originate, coach, prepare, get, build up, civilise, cook, fix, uprise, get up, gear up, organize, take, recrudesce, civilize, make, arise, spring up, modernize, grow, take aim, train, evolve, trail, groom, aim, explicate, direct, organise, produce, germinate, ready, set up, school, discipline, modernise, make grow, cultivate, break, condition, formulate, set, machinate, educate, devise, acquire, check

9. develop(verb)

   be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest

   "The plot developed slowly";

   Synonyms:
   rise, grow, educate, produce, acquire, modernise, explicate, make grow, formulate, evolve, arise, germinate, break, train, build up, get, originate, uprise, modernize, spring up, recrudesce, prepare

10. develop(verb)

    grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment

    "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time"

    Synonyms:
    rise, grow, educate, produce, acquire, modernise, explicate, make grow, formulate, evolve, arise, germinate, break, train, build up, get, originate, uprise, modernize, spring up, recrudesce, prepare

11. modernize, modernise, develop(verb)

    become technologically advanced

    "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"

    Synonyms:
    rise, grow, educate, produce, overhaul, spring up, modernise, explicate, make grow, acquire, evolve, arise, germinate, break, train, build up, get, originate, uprise, modernize, recrudesce, formulate, prepare

12. develop, make grow(verb)

    cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development

    "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple"

    Synonyms:
    rise, grow, educate, produce, acquire, modernise, explicate, make grow, formulate, evolve, arise, germinate, break, train, build up, get, originate, uprise, modernize, spring up, recrudesce, prepare

13. develop(verb)

    generate gradually

    "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone"

    Synonyms:
    rise, grow, educate, produce, acquire, modernise, explicate, make grow, formulate, evolve, arise, germinate, break, train, build up, get, originate, uprise, modernize, spring up, recrudesce, prepare

14. develop, grow(verb)

    grow emotionally or mature

    "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"

    Synonyms:
    rise, grow, educate, produce, mature, acquire, modernise, explicate, make grow, formulate, evolve, arise, germinate, break, train, build up, get, originate, raise, maturate, uprise, modernize, spring up, recrudesce, turn, farm, prepare

15. develop(verb)

    make visible by means of chemical solutions

    "Please develop this roll of film for me"

    Synonyms:
    rise, grow, educate, produce, acquire, modernise, explicate, make grow, formulate, evolve, arise, germinate, break, train, build up, get, originate, uprise, modernize, spring up, recrudesce, prepare

16. develop(verb)

    superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry

    Synonyms:
    rise, grow, educate, produce, acquire, modernise, explicate, make grow, formulate, evolve, arise, germinate, break, train, build up, get, originate, uprise, modernize, spring up, recrudesce, prepare

17. develop(verb)

    move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions

    "Spassky developed quickly"

    Synonyms:
    rise, grow, educate, produce, acquire, modernise, explicate, make grow, formulate, evolve, arise, germinate, break, train, build up, get, originate, uprise, modernize, spring up, recrudesce, prepare

18. develop(verb)

    move into a strategically more advantageous position

    "develop the rook"

    Synonyms:
    rise, grow, educate, produce, acquire, modernise, explicate, make grow, formulate, evolve, arise, germinate, break, train, build up, get, originate, uprise, modernize, spring up, recrudesce, prepare

19. develop(verb)

    elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme

    "develop the melody and change the key"

    Synonyms:
    rise, grow, educate, produce, acquire, modernise, explicate, make grow, formulate, evolve, arise, germinate, break, train, build up, get, originate, uprise, modernize, spring up, recrudesce, prepare

20. break, recrudesce, develop(verb)

    happen

    "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"

    Synonyms:
    crack, break away, give way, soften, reveal, modernize, unwrap, conk out, uprise, collapse, die, formulate, transgress, founder, weaken, spring up, discover, snap off, stop, go, demote, break out, separate, split, give away, damp, smash, interrupt, offend, get out, fracture, relegate, bring out, violate, divulge, pause, let on, grow, get around, wear out, cave in, prepare, break-dance, rise, break up, check, make grow, give out, break in, give, split up, train, modernise, better, burst, go bad, get, breach, break off, disclose, bust, erupt, germinate, recrudesce, break dance, go against, dampen, originate, break down, explicate, fall in, arise, bump, let out, ruin, fall apart, kick downstairs, part, build up, infract, produce, fail, come apart, bankrupt, acquire, educate, evolve, expose, break, discontinue, intermit, wear

21. develop(verb)

    expand in the form of a series

    "Develop the function in the following form"

    Synonyms:
    rise, grow, educate, produce, acquire, modernise, explicate, make grow, formulate, evolve, arise, germinate, break, train, build up, get, originate, uprise, modernize, spring up, recrudesce, prepare

English Synonyms and Antonyms(4.00 / 6 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. develop

   Amplify is now rarely used in the sense of increase, to add material substance, bulk, volume, or the like; it is now almost wholly applied to discourse or writing, signifying to make fuller in statement, whether with or without adding matter of importance, as by stating fully what was before only implied, or by adding illustrations to make the meaning more readily apprehended, etc. The chief difficulty of very young writers is to amplify, to get beyond the bare curt statement by developing, expanding, unfolding the thought. The chief difficulty of those who have more material and experience is to condense sufficiently. So, in the early days of our literature amplify was used in the favorable sense; but at present this word and most kindred words are coming to share the derogatory meaning that has long attached to expatiate. We may develop a thought, expand an illustration, extend a discussion, expatiate on a hobby, dilate on something joyous or sad, enlarge a volume, unfold a scheme, widen the range of treatment.

   Synonyms:
   amplify, augment, dilate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, extend, increase, unfold, widen

   Antonyms:
   abbreviate, abridge, amputate, boil down, condense, curtail, cut down, epitomize, reduce, retrench, sum up, summarize

   Preposition:
   To amplify on or upon the subject is needless. Amplify this matter by illustrations.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. develop

   Synonyms:
   educe, enucleate, eliminate, enunciate, lay open, disclose, unravel, unfold, clear, amplify, expand, enlarge

   Antonyms:
   envelope, wrap, obscure, mystify, conceal, narrow, restrict, contract, condense, compress, involve

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. develop(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   unfold, evolve, disclose, exhibit, unravel, disentangle, make known, lay open

2. develop(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   cause to grow, advance to maturity

3. develop(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   unfold, open, grow, be developed

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. develop(v)

   Synonyms:
   mature, evolve, unfold, disentangle, unravel

   Antonyms:
   atrophy, blast, blight

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1. List of paraphrases for "develop":

   development, developing, prepare, elaborate, devise, establish, formulate, build, developed, create, evolve, design, elaboration, expand, acquire, elaborating, develops, grow, designing, produce, preparing, formulating, preparation, enacted, drafting, formulation, devising, define, refine, establishing, make, enhance

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How to use develop in a sentence?

1. Brian Tracy:

   Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

2. Steve Sosebee:

   Until radiation therapy is permitted, until we can develop a bone marrow transplant department here, some kids do still have to travel outside for treatment.

3. Physiotherapist Michelle Tong:

   You question whether the person would develop a tolerance to it, each time they're using it, they end up having to apply a high pressure each time, just to get the same effect, as you would if you were taking painkillers for the long-term.

4. Jenny Wanger:

   Our goal is to have any business develop something -- startups can play in this space, as well as IBM, we are working on this system so there isn't a way for one company or one group of companies to have power over health records or be overly dominant.

5. Yuri Trutnev:

   We want to develop the Kuriles at a brisk pace, the conditions are ideal there for fishing and fish farming. So we are inviting Japanese companies, and are ready to give them priority in joint ventures ...

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