Definition for Germinate:

• Sprout, bud, put forth shoots, ( lit. & fig.); cause to shoot, develop( trans.) produce. Hence or cogn. germinant a. ( intr., usu. fig.), germination, germinator, nn., germinative a. [ Latin]

Synonyms for Germinate:

• n.

  •
  • choke,
  • come out,
  • blossom,
  • climb,
  • fade,
  • come up,
  • bear,
  • die back.
  •
  • engulf,
  • come over,
  • grip,
  • color,
  • heighten,
  • surge,
  • pulse,
  • sweep over,
  • run.
  •bourgeon (noun)
  • bourgeon.
  •burgeon forth (noun)
  • burgeon forth.
  •evolve (noun)
  • evolve.
  •germinate (noun)
  • spud,
  • pullulate,
  • shoot.

• v.

  •begin (verb)
  • develop,
  • inaugurate,
  • initiate,
  • form,
  • conceive,
  • start,
  • initialize,
  • undertake,
  • birth,
  • induct,
  • prepare,
  • stem,
  • bud,
  • emerge,
  • hatch,
  • commence,
  • spring,
  • originate,
  • create,
  • embark,
  • introduce,
  • dawn.
  •bloom (verb)
  • bears fruit,
  • tasselling out,
  • being in flower,
  • is flower,
  • tasselled out,
  • wast flower,
  • bearing fruit,
  • bore fruit,
  • fared well,
  • were in flower,
  • art in flower,
  • is in flower,
  • tassels out,
  • tasseled out,
  • are in flower,
  • wert in flower,
  • being flower,
  • fares well,
  • art flower,
  • beared fruit,
  • are flower,
  • tasseling out,
  • bare fruit,
  • were flower,
  • was flower,
  • wert flower,
  • was in flower,
  • be flower,
  • wast in flower.
  •change (verb)
  • germinate.
  •fertilize (verb)
  • pro create,
  • makes fruitful,
  • be-gotten,
  • pro creating,
  • be getting,
  • Top-dressed,
  • top-dressing,
  • made fruitful,
  • top drest,
  • pro-create,
  • pro-creates,
  • top-drest,
  • top dress,
  • pro-creating,
  • topdressing,
  • pro creates,
  • top-dresses,
  • pro created,
  • top dresses,
  • be-getting,
  • topdresses,
  • top dressed,
  • makes pregnant,
  • topdrest,
  • be gotten,
  • topdress,
  • pro-created,
  • making fruitful.
  •grow (verb)
  • swell,
  • generate,
  • live.
  •result (verb)
  • comes of,
  • was due to,
  • are due to,
  • wast due to,
  • de rived,
  • wert due to,
  • am due to,
  • de rive,
  • came of,
  • eventualized,
  • de riving,
  • is due to,
  • being due to,
  • coming of,
  • becomes of,
  • became of,
  • de-rives,
  • were due to,
  • de rives,
  • de-rive,
  • eventualizes,
  • becoming of,
  • de-riving,
  • de-rived,
  • eventualizing.
  •sprout (verb)
  • took root,
  • shoots up,
  • takes root.

• Other synonyms:

  •begin
  • originates,
  • come forth,
  • resulting from,
  • emanate,
  • proceeding from,
  • come into existence,
  • resulted from,
  • kicked off,
  • being born,
  • coming into existence,
  • comes forth,
  • issues forth,
  • issuing forth,
  • results from,
  • send off,
  • get show on road,
  • proceed from,
  • cropped up,
  • issue forth,
  • getting under way,
  • get under way,
  • sail,
  • get going,
  • Occurring,
  • was born,
  • got going,
  • be born,
  • getting going,
  • grow out of,
  • crops up,
  • kick off,
  • Happened,
  • result from,
  • crop up,
  • took off,
  • came forth,
  • make tick,
  • stem from.
  •bloom
  • fare well,
  • tassel out,
  • be in flower,
  • bear fruit,
  • faring well,
  • prosper.
  •fertilize
  • Manuring,
  • Mulching,
  • limes,
  • make fruitful,
  • Liming,
  • lime,
  • Mulched,
  • composted,
  • made pregnant,
  • composting,
  • Top-dress,
  • making pregnant,
  • Limed,
  • inseminate,
  • Manured,
  • top dressing,
  • topdressed,
  • make pregnant.

Paraphrases for Germinate:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    Germinated.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    germination.

Antonyms for Germinate:

• v.

  • grow
    die, compress, end, cease, halt, stop, shrink, thwart, slow.

Germinate Sentence Examples:

• It requires a couple of generations to germinate.

• It will require a little time to germinate, and then perhaps the result may prove satisfactory.

Hyponym for Germinate:

• v.

  • change
    grow.