Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sprouting

1 sense of sprouting

Sense 1
germination, sprouting -- (the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow)
       => growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis -- ((biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sprout

2 senses of sprout

Sense 1
shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout -- (produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted")
       => grow -- (increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore")

Sense 2
sprout, stock -- (put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year")
       => grow, develop, produce, get, acquire -- (come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts")