skyrocket

²skyrocket

verb

Definition of SKYROCKET

transitive verb

1

: to cause to rise or increase abruptly and rapidly

2

: catapult

intransitive verb

: to shoot up abruptly <prices are skyrocketing>

Examples of SKYROCKET

1. His popularity skyrocketed after his latest movie.
2. <the crisis has caused oil prices to skyrocket>

First Known Use of SKYROCKET

1851

Related to SKYROCKET

Synonyms: rocket, shoot (up), soar, zoom

Antonyms: nose-dive, plummet, plunge, slump, tumble

Related Words: accumulate, appreciate, balloon, build up, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, snowball, swell, wax; crest, peak, surge; heighten, intensify

Near Antonyms: collapse, fall; contract, decrease, diminish, drop, lessen, wane

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Rhymes with SKYROCKET

air pocket, dame's rocket, deep pocket, patch pocket, slash pocket, vest-pocket, wall rocket, watch pocket