GROWING Synonyms: 135 Similar and Opposite Words

growing 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of growing

as in booming

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verb

present participle of grow

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

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as in progressing

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

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as in becoming

to eventually have as a state or quality he will grow angry if we don't answer his question

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Recent Examples of growing

Adjective

Free in-flight Wi-Fi on United Airlines is now confined to the small but growing subset of the carrier's fleet with Starlink connectivity. — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 15 Apr. 2026 Vancouver is another attractive and growing alternative to Hollywood, especially when the Canadian dollar is low. — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026

Verb

Even for dealers like Collins and Golden who maintain physical spaces, social media is a growing gateway for buyers under 50. — Adam Erace, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026 Add gray jeans to the ever-growing list of denim trends worth trying, no matter the season. — Paulina Berges, Glamour, 26 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for growing

Recent Examples of Synonyms for growing

Adjective

But even with the booming growth of college sports, the market hasn’t translated into the financial transparency necessary to keep pay honest.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
But Orange, with its booming home sales and constant new construction, was buffered for years from shrinking student counts felt in other parts of the country.

— Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of booming

Verb

And Italian identity is still — fortunately — synonymous with hospitality, dialogue and exchange, which are the conditions for cultivating intuitions, visions and innovations.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
The payoff of those 30 years spent experimenting, playing with ingredient permutations, and cultivating an international following is the dedicated pizzaiolo's delightfully airy where the devil is in the dough.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of cultivating

Verb

Adelynn was just 4 years old when she was diagnosed with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a rapidly progressing blood cancer that begins in the bone marrow.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
With Boone noting that Chisholm and Grisham are progressing on Friday, Cody Bellinger acknowledged that the Yankees’ hitters tried to do too much the last time Judge was on the IL.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of progressing

Verb

Goodman homered off Noah Schultz in the third, becoming the first Rockies player to hit 40 home runs since Nolan Arenado in 2019.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
On a more positive note, Carson Benge hit his 20th home run, becoming the first Mets rookie to post a 20-20 season.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of becoming

Verb

Out of the more than 7,000 wine-producing châteaus in the region, 21 were highlighted by Michelin despite not earning a grape; then 38 received one, 16 were awarded two, and nine achieved the highest distinction of three.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2026
By contrast, the other oil-producing countries in the Persian Gulf are getting more oil through the Strait of Hormuz, despite Iran’s efforts to scare away shipping with drone and missile attacks.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of producing

Verb

Though unanimously respected and resolutely opposed to Zionism, Barnston was aging.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Automakers are also grappling with certain skilled labor shortages and an aging human workforce—although the push to deploy more robots and AI has generated backlash from labor unions concerned about layoffs and pressure on worker compensation.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of aging

Verb

But when her character — saucy British writer Constance Clavinger — turns out to be a handful (getting drunk at the airport bar, for starters), Homer struggles to get her to the school on time.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026
As a girl growing up in the 1970s, Griffin recalls how her parents and other neighbors in the two-street patch of homes did not let their children play at the nearby Fannie Robinson Park after some of them started developing rashes or getting sick.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

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