Sprout Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Sprout

bud
To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn.
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shoot up
Used other than as an idiom. to shoot upwards
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plumule
A down feather.
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rattoon
Ratoon
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shoot
The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
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pullulation
A teeming, swarming, or multiplying.
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aerospire
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germinate
The definition of germinate is to start to grow, develop or sprout.
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take-root
(Intransitive, figuratively) To become established, to take hold.
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burgeon
To grow or develop rapidly; expand; proliferate; flourish
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bine
A plant having such stems
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runner
One who operates or manages something:
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sucker
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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branch
To embroider (something) with a design of foliage or flowers.
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develop
To make available and effective to fulfill a particular end or need:
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tendril
A slender, coiling plant part, often a modified leaf or leaf part, that helps support the stem of some climbing angiosperms by clinging to or winding around an object. Peas, squash, and grapes produce tendrils.
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vegetate
(Med.) To grow or increase in size, as a wart or other abnormal outgrowth does
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burgeon forth
produce buds, branches, or germinate
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ramify
To have complicating consequences or outgrowths:
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spout
To speak or utter in a loud, pompous manner or in a ready, rapid flow of words
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sprig
To remove a sprig or sprigs from (a bush or tree).
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spring
Spring is defined as to jump up or to originate from.
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thrive
To prosper or flourish; be successful, esp. as the result of economical management
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chit
(US and UK dated) A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message.
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scion
A shoot or bud of a plant, esp. one for planting or grafting
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bloom
(Intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
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seedling
A young plant, especially one that grows from a seed rather than from a cutting.
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stock
To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
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spud
To begin drilling operations on:
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burgeoning
That buds, grows or expands; developing
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tiller
A shoot growing from the base of the stem of a plant
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bourgeon
(Obsolete) To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch.
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offshoot
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proliferate
To cause to grow or increase rapidly.
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pullulate
To sprout out; germinate; bud
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Antonyms for Sprout

shrivel
To lose or cause to lose vitality or intensity:
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shrink
Shrink is defined as to become less, reduce or make smaller.
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die
Die is defined as to stop living, existing or fade away.
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Words Related to Sprout

grow
To allow to grow
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sprouting
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cabbage
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sprouts
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Romanesco
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kohlrabi
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ripen
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broccoli
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beetroot
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Sprout Sentence Examples

  • Any time a plant would sprout after the famine, the farmers felt hope again.

  • The bigger the bough, the more fruit is likely to sprout from it.

  • The seeds or beans need to be soaked before they will sprout.

  • Joyce was excited when she saw the first sprout of her herb garden coming up from the soil.

  • The bleached rhubarb, which has a very delicate flavour, is altered by covering the young leaves, as they sprout from the soil, with loose stones or an empty jar.

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