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growing

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From the verb grow: (⇒ conjugate)
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growing
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Sense: Adjective: increasing
Synonyms:
increasing Collocations, snowballing, rising Collocations, escalating, on the increase, on the rise, heightening, multiplying, mushrooming, ballooning
Sense: Adjective: developing
Synonyms:
developing Collocations, expanding, swelling Collocations, budding Collocations, germinating, spreading, burgeoning, enlarging, snowballing, maturing, growing up, proliferating, building Collocations, thriving Collocations, blooming, blossoming, flourishing
Antonyms:
shrinking Collocations, deflating, compressing, contracting, decreasing, lessening, declining, diminishing, withering, shriveling, wilting, dying Collocations


grow
WordReference English Thesaurus © 2026
Sense: Verb: enlarge
Synonyms:
enlarge Collocations, expand Collocations, swell Collocations, widen Collocations, dilate, spread Collocations, increase in size, stretch Collocations
Antonyms:
shrink Collocations, deflate, compress, contract Collocations, decrease Collocations, lessen, decline Collocations, diminish Collocations
Sense: Verb: get bigger - people and animals
Synonyms:
get bigger, get taller, grow up, shoot up
Sense: Verb: sprout - plants
Synonyms:
sprout Collocations, shoot up, germinate, spring up
Sense: Verb: start to feel - followed by an adjective
Synonyms:
become Collocations, start to feel, begin to feel, start feeling, begin feeling, get Collocations, start to be
Antonyms:
stagnate, linger, stay Collocations, remain Collocations
Sense: Verb: become - usually followed by 'into'
Synonyms:
become Collocations, turn Collocations, change Collocations, transform Collocations, metamorphose
Antonyms:
regress, preserve Collocations, degenerate, deteriorate, revert Collocations
Sense: Verb: cultivate
Synonyms:
cultivate, farm Collocations, raise Collocations, rear Collocations, husband Collocations (archaic)
Antonyms:
wither Collocations, die Collocations, shrivel, wilt, decay Collocations, kill Collocations
Sense: Verb: prosper
Synonyms:
prosper, thrive Collocations, flourish Collocations, make strides, boom Collocations, improve Collocations, progress Collocations, burgeon, succeed Collocations, be successful

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