Synonyms of growing up

growing up

verb

present participle of grow up

as in growing

to become mature

everyone has to grow up at some point in their lives

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of growing up

During the talk, Bardem reflected on a glittering career, from his early life growing up in one of Spain’s most prestigious acting families to winning an Oscar and, this year, finally conquering his fear of the stage. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026

Earlier this year, Troy Williams told a reporter about his difficult childhood growing up in the projects in New York City. — Breaking News, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026

With two older brothers (Drew and Dylan, the latter of whom is a sophomore for FCS-level Campbell) and growing up in the small town of Zoarville, Ohio, he’s used to playing against older and tougher competition. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026

There’s a curiosity about the darker, deeper experience of growing up. — Selome Hailu, Variety, 3 Oct. 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

Dakota has spoken in the past about how growing up with famous parents influenced her career choice. — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026

For all his exposure to high-level competition while growing up in Southern California and playing for Team USA, Crow-Armstrong was still only 21, acclimating to the speed of the game and trying to fit into a team undergoing a late-season collapse. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Morales García would spend most of the next two decades there, growing up speaking Spanish and eventually getting married. — María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026