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verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of grow

1 to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care
  • a dedicated home gardener who grows tomatoes in her small garden every summer
Synonyms of grow

crop, cultivate, culture, dress, promote, raise, rear, tend
Words Related to grow

breed, produce, propagate

plant, sow

gather, glean, harvest, reap

germinate, quicken, ripen, root, sprout
Near Antonyms of grow

kill

dig, extirpate, pick, pluck, pull (up), uproot

cut, hay, mow
2 to become mature
  • You've grown so much since we last saw each other.
Synonyms of grow

age, develop, grow up, mature, progress, ripen
Words Related to grow

mellow, soften

bloom, blossom, burgeon (also bourgeon), flourish, flower

open, unfold

advance, evolve

get along, get on, gray (also grey)
Near Antonyms of grow

decay, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, sink, worsen

droop, dry, fade, flag, sag, shrivel, wane, waste (away), weaken, wilt, wither

regress, retrogress, revert

backslide, lapse, return
3 to eventually have as a state or quality
  • He will grow angry if we don't answer his question.
Synonyms of grow

become, come, get, go, run, turn, wax
Words Related to grow

alter, change, metamorphose, modify, mutate, transfigure, transform, transmute
Near Antonyms of grow

abide, be, continue, linger, remain, stay

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