Synonyms for Develop (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (come into existence; take on form or shape):
arise, grow, originate, rise, uprise, spring up
WordNet sense 2 (work out):
evolve, germinate
WordNet sense 3 (elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses):
explicate, formulate
WordNet sense 4 (create by training and teaching):
educate, prepare, train
WordNet sense 5 (gain through experience):
acquire
WordNet sense 6 (become technologically advanced):
modernize, modernise
WordNet sense 7 (happen):
break, recrudesce
WordNet sense 8 (cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development):
make grow
WordNet sense 9 (change the use of and make available or usable):
build up
WordNet sense 10 (come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)):
get, produce, produce
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