Making and creating

Synonyms for germinate

Synonyms for germinate: develop and sprout. 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.

2 synonyms · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line

The 2 synonyms for germinate

Interchangeable with germinate in this sense

Audited under germinate's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one germinate carries in that sense.

developverb, in the sense "to begin to develop or grow, especially of an idea"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name germinate as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

sproutsprout is a verb in the sense "of a seed, to begin to grow and put out shoots"

Two directions, one standard: one audited under germinate and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsMaking and creating

to begin to develop or grow, especially of an idea

Good ideas germinate slowly, often taking years to become plans.

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

The true synonym

develop

Same sentence, swapped: Good ideas develop slowly, often taking years to become plans.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for germinate in the sentence quoted.

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Where germinate turns up in the game

germinate is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play germinate

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so germinate 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 making and creating words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

emulateverbimitateto imitate someone's style or achievements in an effort to match themFoothillsHas a reason line formnoun, verbkinda category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or qualityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line freshlyadverbnewlyvery recently created, made, or producedFoothillsHas a reason line genesisnounoriginthe origin or beginning of somethingFoothillsHas a reason line compileverbcomposeput together out of existing materialRidgelineHas a reason line conceiveverbdeviseto form or originate (an idea or plan) in the mindRidgelineHas a reason line concoctverbfabricateto invent a story or excuse, often deceptivelyTreelineHas a reason line tithenouncontributiona portion of income given, traditionally a tenth, especially to a churchFoothillsHas a reason line

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