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

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

Yet growing resistance to the commercialization of archaeological heritage has made recovery increasingly expensive, contentious, and unlikely to return a profit. — Brett Berk, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2026

Excitement surrounding the new season is slowly growing among the West Ham United fanbase, but there are lingering issues that remain hard to ignore. — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026