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

Agriculture has industrialized and scaled up; fast-growing tree plantations have spread. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026

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