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

By restoring full expensing for equipment purchases and research and development, the law lets businesses invest in growing instead of taxing those investments. — Kent Strang, Boston Herald, 26 July 2026

Sacramento police also evaluate Old Sacramento to see how the area is growing, according to Smith, who said the area has gotten busier in recent years. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026

Due to the hot weather, the caterpillars were growing rapidly, increasing both in size and appetite. — Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026

In all the time since, the water flowed through that line under the many incarnations of the Sunset Strip, feeding smaller pipes that quenched a growing metropolis that expanded from about 500,000 people to 4 million. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026

Since splitting the $100,000 prize, the couple have continued dating, moved to Los Angeles together and continued expanding their careers while supporting each other’s growing success. — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026

This trend extends beyond Amazon, with TikTok and YouTube also adopting AI labeling, reflecting a growing regulatory landscape. — Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Polynucleotides — sold under the shorthand PDRN — are now among the fastest-growing aesthetic treatments of the past five years, backed by decades of medical research and a wave of dermatologist endorsements. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026

Gulf states are looking on with growing apprehension as the conflict between Iran and the US escalates again. — Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 19 July 2026