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| Main Entry: | develop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cultivate, prosper |
| Synonyms: | advance, age, establish, evolve, expand, flourish, foster, grow, mature, mellow, progress, promote, ripen, thrive, enroot, grow up, maturate |
| Antonyms: | halt, repress |
| Main Entry: | develop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expand, work out |
| Synonyms: | actualize, advance, amplify, augment, beautify, broaden, build up, cultivate, deepen, dilate, elaborate, enlarge, enrich, evolve, exploit, extend, finish, heighten, improve, intensify, lengthen, magnify, materialize, perfect, polish, promote, realize, refine, spread, strengthen, stretch, unfold, widen |
| Antonyms: | circumscribe, compress, confine, decrease, lessen, narrow |
| Main Entry: | develop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin; occur |
| Synonyms: | acquire, arise, befall, betide, break, break out, breed, chance, come about, come off, commence, contract, ensue, establish, follow, form, generate, go, happen, invest, originate, pick up, result, start, transpire |
| Antonyms: | cease, discontinue, end, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | develop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | unfold; be made known |
| Synonyms: | account for, acquire, actualize, disclose, disentangle, elaborate, evolve, exhibit, explain, explicate, foretell, form, materialize, produce, reach, realize, recount, state, uncover, unfurl, unravel, unroll, unwind, uncoil, untwist |
| Main Entry: | age |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become older |
| Synonyms: | decline, deteriorate, develop, get along, grow, mature, mellow, push, ripen, wane, grow feeble, grow old, grow up, put mileage on |
| Notes: | epoch applies to the beginning of a new period marked by radical changes and new developments - while era applies to the entire period; age denotes a period identified with some dominant personality or characteristic and period pertains to any portion of time |
| Main Entry: | amplify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase in size or effect |
| Synonyms: | add, augment, beef up*, boost, build up, deepen, develop, elaborate, enlarge, exaggerate, expand, expatiate, extend, heighten, inflate, intensify, lengthen, magnify, pad, pyramid, raise, strengthen, stretch, supplement, swell, up, widen, flesh out, hike up, jack up, soup up |
| Antonyms: | abridge, compress, condense, contract, curtail, decrease, lessen, reduce, shorten, summarize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | augment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make greater; improve |
| Synonyms: | add to, aggrandize, amplify, beef up*, boost, build, build up, compound, develop, enhance, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, increase, inflate, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, pad, progress, raise, reinforce, strengthen, sweeten, swell, piggyback, tag on |
| Antonyms: | decrease, degrade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | befall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen to; take place |
| Synonyms: | action, betide, break, chance, come down, come off, cook*, develop, ensue, fall, fall out, follow, go, go down, happen, jell*, materialize, occur, shake*, smoke*, transpire, bechance, come to pass, cook up a storm, cook with gas, gel, hap, supervene |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bloom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flower; flourish |
| Synonyms: | blossom, blow, bud, burgeon, burst, develop, fructify, germinate, grow, open, prosper, sprout, succeed, thrive, wax, be in flower, bear fruit, effloresce, fare well, tassel out |
| Antonyms: | shrink, shrivel, wither |
| Main Entry: | branch off/branch out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend beyond main part |
| Synonyms: | add to, develop, diverge, diversify, divide, enlarge, expand, extend, fork, grow, increase, multiply, part, proliferate, separate, ramify, spread out |
| Antonyms: | lessen, shrink |
| Main Entry: | broaden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend, supplement |
| Synonyms: | augment, develop, enlarge, expand, fatten, grow, increase, spread, stretch, swell, widen, breadthen, open up, ream |
| Antonyms: | decrease, narrow, restrict |
| Main Entry: | bud |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sprout |
| Synonyms: | burgeon, develop, grow, shoot, burst forth, pullulate |
| Antonyms: | die, shrink, waste, wither |
| Main Entry: | build up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amplify, advertise |
| Synonyms: | add to, boost, develop, enhance, expand, extend, fortify, heighten, hype, improve, increase, intensify, plug*, promote, publicize, puff*, reinforce, spotlight, strengthen |
| Antonyms: | lessen, let down, play down, weaken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | come off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transpire |
| Synonyms: | befall, betide, break, chance, click, come about, develop, go, go off, go over, happen, occur, pan out, succeed, hap, prove out, take place |
| Antonyms: | not happen |
| Main Entry: | complete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry out action |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, actualize, cap, close, conclude, consummate, crown, determine, develop, discharge, do, effect, elaborate, end, equip, execute, fill, finalize, finish, fulfill, furnish, halt, make up, perfect, perform, realize, refine, round off, settle, supplement, terminate, ultimate, wind up*, wrap up*, bring to fruition, bring to maturity, call it a day, carry off, do thoroughly, effectuate, get through, go the limit, go through with, go whole hog, make good, put to bed, round out, sew up |
| Antonyms: | forget, halt, ignore, neglect, stop, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consolidate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | combine; make firm |
| Synonyms: | add to, amalgamate, amass, band, bind, blend, build up, cement, centralize, compact, compound, concentrate, condense, connect, develop, fortify, fuse, harden, hitch, incorporate, join, league, mass, meld, mix, pool, reinforce, secure, set, solidify, stabilize, strengthen, thicken, unify, bunch up, concatenate, conjoin, densen, federate, hitch on, hook up with, plug into, render solid, slap on, tack on, tag on, team up with, throw in together, tie in, tie up with |
| Antonyms: | disjoin, disperse, divide, part, separate |
| Main Entry: | dawn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start |
| Synonyms: | appear, begin, develop, emerge, glimmer, initiate, lighten, loom, open, originate, rise, unfold, show itself |
| Antonyms: | end, finish, set |
| Main Entry: | derive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deduce a conclusion |
| Synonyms: | acquire, arrive, assume, collect, determine, develop, draw, educe, elaborate, elicit, evolve, excogitate, extract, follow, formulate, gain, gather, get, glean, infer, judge, make, make out, obtain, procure, put together, reach, receive, trace, work out |
| Antonyms: | create, invent |
| Main Entry: | dilate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stretch, widen |
| Synonyms: | amplify, augment, broaden, develop, distend, enlarge, expand, expatiate, expound, extend, increase, inflate, lengthen, prolong, protract, swell, be profuse, be prolix, puff out, spin off |
| Antonyms: | compress, constrict, contract, lessen, reduce |
| Main Entry: | discourse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discuss, speak about |
| Synonyms: | argue, chew*, comment, confer, converse, debate, declaim, descant, develop, dispute, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, explain, expound, harangue, lecture, modulate, orate, perorate, remark, talk, treat, voice, commentate, confab, dilate upon, dissert, dissertate, give a meeting, hold forth, sermonize |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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