Antonyms for develop
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dih-vel-uh p |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈvɛl əp |
- abridge
- cause
- cease
- circumscribe
- complicate
- compress
- conceal
- condense
- confine
- confuse
- contract
- cover
- curtail
- cut
- damage
- decline
- decrease
- destroy
- diminish
- disagree
- discontinue
- end
- fail
- finish
- halt
- hide
- hurt
- ignore
- keep
- lessen
- lose
- lower
- maintain
- mystify
- narrow
- neglect
- obscure
- precede
- reduce
- repress
- retreat
- retrogress
- ruin
- shorten
- shrink
- spoil
- stay
- stop
- stunt
- tangle
- twist
- weaken
- wind
Definition of develop
Origin :- 1650s, "unroll, unfold," from French développer, replacing English disvelop (1590s, from Middle French desveloper), both from Old French desveloper "unwrap, unfurl, unveil; reveal the meaning of, explain," from des- "undo" + veloper "wrap up," of uncertain origin, possibly Celtic or Germanic. Modern figurative use is 18c. The photographic sense is from 1845; the real estate sense is from 1890.
- verb cultivate, prosper
- verb expand, work out
- verb begin; occur
- verb unfold; be made known
- You shall now, if I have misapprehended you not, develop a new strongness of the character.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- A few may be allowed to remain and develop for use as beets.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- And really they have taken me so long to develop, that here we are at home.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- It is to develop that position, and be—hum—worthy of that position.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Without her influence no process of recording events can develop into a history.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- But what are your labour gymnasiums for, if not to develop all muscles?
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- But all these primordial forms grow--develop into vital activity.
- Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
- It seems doubtful if you are the person to develop his higher nature.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Will women learn to develop their own nature and to express their own genius?
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- It at once commenced to develop a system of organized plunder.
- Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
Synonyms for develop
- account for
- acquire
- actualize
- advance
- age
- amplify
- arise
- augment
- beautify
- befall
- betide
- break
- break out
- breed
- broaden
- build up
- chance
- come about
- come off
- commence
- contract
- cultivate
- deepen
- dilate
- disclose
- disentangle
- elaborate
- enlarge
- enrich
- enroot
- ensue
- establish
- evolve
- exhibit
- expand
- explain
- explicate
- exploit
- extend
- finish
- flourish
- follow
- foretell
- form
- foster
- generate
- go
- grow
- grow up
- happen
- heighten
- improve
- intensify
- invest
- lengthen
- magnify
- materialize
- maturate
- mature
- mellow
- originate
- perfect
- pick up
- polish
- produce
- progress
- promote
- reach
- realize
- recount
- refine
- result
- ripen
- spread
- start
- state
- strengthen
- stretch
- thrive
- transpire
- uncoil
- uncover
- unfold
- unfurl
- unravel
- unroll
- untwist
- unwind
- widen
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