spring up

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymsoriginateariserisedevelopuprisegrow

   Broaderbecome

   Narrowerresurgecome forthcomewell uphead

Questions about spring up

What does spring up mean?

spring up means "come into existence; take on form or shape".

What is another word for spring up?

Close synonyms include originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spring up a common word?

spring up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.