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

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

Noblesville is, as Smith described it, literally his backyard after growing up in Westfield, Indiana. — Tony East, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Lainey shared a slew of photos from growing up with Parton, some from childhood and others taken onstage with the country star. — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026

Led by Sreeti Mukerji and shaped by the creative vision of Alia and Shaheen Bhatt, ‘Don’t Be Shy’ is a joyful, heartfelt celebration of friendship, love, and the beautifully messy journey of growing up. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026

Naturally, growing up around music and holding onto my love of it, becoming a singer and performer came naturally. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026

While growing up, my mother would fight for our accessibility rights at school, after school, even at the doctor’s office. — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026

After growing up in South Africa with their mother, model Victoria Lockwood, both of them are living in the UK and building their careers as models and entrepreneurs. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 16 Aug. 2026