Synonyms of plant

plant 1 of 2

noun

as in factory

a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods

a furniture plant that employs hundreds of people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• factory
• mill
• shop
• works
• workshop
• manufactory
• workplace
• studio
• yard
• sweatshop
• workroom
• atelier

plant

2 of 2

verb

ˈplant 

1

as in to seed

to put or set into the ground to grow

I'll plant the marigold seeds in the spring

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seed
• put in
• drill
• transplant
• sow
• scatter
• replant
• bed
• pot
• broadcast
• reseed
• overseed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gather
• harvest
• reap

2

as in to establish

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of

soon the sect had planted churches across the breadth of the colony

Synonyms & Similar Words

• establish
• pioneer
• found
• initiate
• launch
• create
• introduce
• institute
• begin
• construct
• inaugurate
• start
• constitute
• originate
• organize
• innovate
• manufacture
• develop
• produce
• set up
• author
• invent
• fund
• devise
• finance
• make up
• cook (up)
• father
• expand
• conceive
• think (up)
• enlarge
• subsidize
• fabricate
• endow
• concoct
• arrange
• contrive
• systematize
• systemize
• reinitiate
• put up
• relaunch
• reinstitute
• refound

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• close (down)
• shut (up)
• stop
• phase out
• abolish
• nullify
• finish
• end
• terminate
• annul
• halt
• annihilate
• wind up
• round (off or out)
• wrap up

3

as in to breed

to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set

a profound respect for Mother Nature that had been planted by long experience with hurricanes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• breed
• root
• implant
• sow
• lodge
• embed
• inculcate
• inseminate
• instill
• drive
• enroot
• infix
• invest
• pound
• hammer
• inoculate
• infuse
• steep
• entrench
• imbue
• suffuse
• fix
• ingrain

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of plant

Noun

New Delhi ordered fertilizer plants to scale back production to 70% capacity to cope with the shortage. —Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2026

Even plants with dark red or purple undersides — indoor plants such as Calatheas and Marantas come to mind — thrive in environments with limited light. —Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026

Verb

Another man was arrested earlier this week on charges of making threatening phone calls to the base days after the device was discovered, though investigators haven’t accused that caller of planting any devices. —David Fischer, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026

Despite tough times for restaurants, one ambitious couple is planting roots in the downtown Minneapolis skyway system. —Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026