Synonyms of growing

growing 1 of 2

adjective

as in booming

Related Words

• booming
• roaring
• coming
• promising
• robust
• runaway
• thriving
• successful
• gangbusters
• flourishing
• going
• triumphant
• prosperous
• boffo
• socko
• palmy

Dissimilar Words

• unsuccessful
• failing
• collapsing
• slipping
• failed
• hopeless
• folding
• no-good
• declining
• unpromising
• washing-out
• waning
• inauspicious
• flopping
• destroyed
• bankrupt
• futureless
• slumping
• ruined
• flunking
• wrecked
• kerflooey
• kaput

growing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of grow

1

as in cultivating

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 & Similar Words

• cultivating
• producing
• raising
• harvesting
• promoting
• planting
• tending
• cropping
• rearing
• breeding
• dressing
• culturing
• propagating
• sprouting
• sowing
• gathering
• ripening
• reaping
• rooting
• germinating
• gleaning
• quickening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• killing
• picking
• digging
• pulling (up)
• plucking
• cutting
• uprooting
• mowing
• extirpating
• haying

2

as in progressing

to become mature

you've grown so much since we last saw each other

Synonyms & Similar Words

• progressing
• aging
• developing
• maturing
• ripening
• evolving
• growing up
• flowering
• blooming
• blossoming
• softening
• flourishing
• burgeoning
• mellowing
• unfolding
• graying
• opening
• advancing
• getting along
• getting on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• declining
• deteriorating
• worsening
• decaying
• degenerating
• sinking
• drying
• waning
• weakening
• fading
• drooping
• sagging
• withering
• flagging
• wasting (away)
• returning
• shriveling
• reverting
• regressing
• wilting
• lapsing
• retrogressing
• backsliding

3

as in becoming

to eventually have as a state or quality

he will grow angry if we don't answer his question

Synonyms & Similar Words

• becoming
• getting
• going
• coming
• turning
• running
• changing
• transforming
• waxing
• altering
• modifying
• metamorphosing
• mutating
• transmuting
• transfiguring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• being
• continuing
• remaining
• staying
• lingering
• abiding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of growing

Adjective

In fact, the recall movement has generated a small but growing sense of solidarity between moderate DPP supporters and moderate KMT ones. — Lev Nachman, Foreign Affairs, 1 Aug. 2025

After a dry stretch, there’s a small but growing chance for rain in Phoenix this week as monsoon conditions strengthen, but most of the action will stay focused over the higher terrains east of the Valley. — Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 29 July 2025

Plastic pollution remains one of our largest–and growing– environmental threats. — Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 19 June 2025

The health and biology sector, as well as the AI and technology sector, have representation at the bottom of the list, but the significant and growing presence of those industries will likely mean that these companies, as well as others, will rise higher in Canada’s ranking in the years to come. — Francesca Walton, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025

Today, the real and growing problem is not just tariffs but uncertainty. — Kyle Handley, National Review, 11 June 2025

Depending on the location, your plant may need a lot more growing time. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 June 2025

Yet the clear and growing danger is that perceived American hypocrisy regarding Ukraine and Gaza is now bleeding into discussions across the gamut of U.S. foreign policy, particularly over the future of self-ruling Taiwan. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 2 May 2025

Verb

Carpenter & Zuckerman is taking on a growing role in environmental litigation in the region. — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026

In the show, her tumor is benign, but doctors discover potentially cancerous cells growing behind the mass. — Max Gao, Variety, 11 July 2026

My suggestions for low-cost replacements are crape myrtles, small-growing magnolias and treeform ligustrums or pineapple guavas. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2026

After two weeks of growing in a high-quality growing medium, the plants are off to a great start and ahead of the ones planted in the ground. — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026

Making clothing was a way to entertain yourself on a monotonous journey, while showing love to your growing children. — Caroline Reilly, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Charles is obsessed with his growing corn stash and the whole family heads into town to take part in the Founders Day celebrations — Independence is two years old. — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 July 2026

The group, already one of the largest White supremacist organizations in the country, is quickly growing its membership, at a time when hate crimes are on the rise. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 5 July 2026

And each time another first-time climber reaches the top, the applause rising from the rocks below suggests that, little by little, that community is growing. — ABC News, 5 July 2026