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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | develop, progress |
| Synonyms: | advance, derive, disclose, educe, elaborate, emerge, enlarge, excogitate, expand, get, grow, increase, mature, obtain, open, result, ripen, unfold, work out |
| Antonyms: | block, decrease, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | change |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become different |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, alternate, commute, convert, diminish, diverge, diversify, evolve, fluctuate, make innovations, make over, merge, metamorphose, moderate, modify, modulate, mutate, naturalize, recondition, redo, reduce, reform, regenerate, remake, remodel, renovate, reorganize, replace, resolve, restyle, revolutionize, shape, shift, substitute, tamper with, temper, transfigure, transform, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, vacillate, vary, veer, warp |
| Antonyms: | continue, hold, keep, persist, remain, stay |
| 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: | develop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cultivate, prosper |
| Synonyms: | advance, age, enroot, establish, evolve, expand, flourish, foster, grow, grow up, maturate, mature, mellow, progress, promote, ripen, thrive |
| 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: | unfold; be made known |
| Synonyms: | account for, acquire, actualize, disclose, disentangle, elaborate, evolve, exhibit, explain, explicate, foretell, form, materialize, produce, reach, realize, recount, state, uncoil, uncover, unfurl, unravel, unroll, untwist, unwind |
| Main Entry: | educe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring out, elicit |
| Synonyms: | come out, conclude, deduce, derive, develop, distill, drag, draw, draw out, evince, evoke, evolve, excogitate, extort, extract, gain, get, infer, milk, obtain, procure, pull, reason, secure, think out, wrest, wring |
| Main Entry: | elaborate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make detailed; expand |
| Synonyms: | amplify, bedeck, clarify, comment, complicate, deck, decorate, develop, devise, discuss, embellish, enhance, enlarge, evolve, expatiate, explain, expound, flesh out, garnish, improve, interpret, ornament, particularize, polish, produce, refine, specify, unfold, work out |
| Antonyms: | make simple, simplify |
| Main Entry: | elicit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw out |
| Synonyms: | arm-twist, badger, bite*, bring, bring forth, bring out, bring to light, call forth, cause, derive, educe, evince, evoke, evolve, exact, extort, extract, fetch, give rise to, milk, obtain, put muscle on, put the arm on, rattle, shake, shake down, squeeze, wrest, wring |
| Notes: | elicit means to call forth emotions, feelings, and responses or to bring out or draw out, while illicit means contrary to or forbidden by law - unlawful |
| Antonyms: | cover, hide, keep, repress, supress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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