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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.

3 synonyms · Tier 2, Treeline · 2 senses · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

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.

  • acquireverb, in the sense "gain through experience"
  • trainverb, in the sense "create by training and teaching"

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.

Sense 1 of 2verbTier 2, TreelineChange

gain through experience

Develop a passion for painting.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

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
Sense 2 of 2verbTier 2, TreelineThinking and knowing

create by training and teaching

We develop the leaders for the future.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

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

  • produceverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is make, in the sense "create or manufacture a man-made product", so develop is there to be ruled out.
  • lectureverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is talk, in the sense "deliver a lecture or talk", with develop sitting one tile away.

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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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.

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