Synonyms for germinate
ˈdʒɜr məˌneɪt

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1. shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout(verb)

   produce buds, branches, or germinate

   "the potatoes sprouted"

   Synonyms:
   shoot, teem, scud, blast, sprout, 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, pour, stream, fool, photograph, tear, dash, spud, flash, pip, evolve

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, develop, acquire, evolve, arise, break, modernise, train, bourgeon, get, originate, build up, uprise, modernize, recrudesce, formulate, pullulate, prepare

3. germinate(verb)

   cause to grow or sprout

   "the plentiful rain germinated my plants"

   Synonyms:
   evolve, spud, sprout, pullulate, bourgeon, shoot, burgeon forth, develop

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1. germinate

   Synonyms:
   sprout, shoot, bud, vegetate

   Antonyms:
   rot, decay

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1. germinate(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   sprout, shoot, vegetate, bud, push, pullulate, put forth, burst forth, spring up, begin to vegetate

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1. List of paraphrases:

   germinated, germination, sprout

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