Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spring_up
1 sense of spring up
Sense 1
originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow -- (come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose")
=> become -- (come into existence; "What becomes has duration")