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Synonyms for develop
Synonyms for develop: acquire, train and germinate. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for develop
Interchangeable with develop, one per sense
Audited under develop's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one develop carries in that sense.
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name develop as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- germinategerminate is a verb in the sense "to begin to develop or grow, especially of an idea"
The first group is filed under develop's own senses. The second reaches develop from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
gain through experience
Develop a passion for painting.
The true synonym
acquire
Same sentence, swapped: Acquire a passion for painting.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot develop is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- arise
- educate
- reverse
create by training and teaching
We develop the leaders for the future.
The true synonym
train
Same sentence, swapped: We train the leaders for the future.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where develop stands in the sentence above.
- lecture
- reward
- mentor
Where develop turns up in the game
develop is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where develop is the trap
Play develop
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so develop reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other change words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. develop carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.