Synonyms of grows

grows

verb

present tense third-person singular of grow

1

as in cultivates

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

• cultivates
• produces
• plants
• promotes
• crops
• raises
• tends
• cultures
• harvests
• propagates
• rears
• breeds
• dresses
• ripens
• reaps
• gathers
• roots
• sows
• quickens
• germinates
• sprouts
• gleans

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• kills
• picks
• plucks
• pulls (up)
• digs
• cuts
• uproots
• mows
• extirpates
• hays

2

as in progresses

to become mature

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• progresses
• develops
• ages
• matures
• ripens
• grows up
• evolves
• flowers
• softens
• blooms
• flourishes
• mellows
• unfolds
• blossoms
• opens
• burgeons
• gets on
• gets along
• advances
• grays

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deteriorates
• decays
• declines
• worsens
• degenerates
• fades
• sinks
• weakens
• dries
• wanes
• shrivels
• droops
• withers
• sags
• reverts
• returns
• regresses
• wastes (away)
• flags
• wilts
• lapses
• retrogresses
• backslides

3

as in becomes

to eventually have as a state or quality

he will grow angry if we don't answer his question

Synonyms & Similar Words

• becomes
• gets
• goes
• comes
• turns
• runs
• transforms
• waxes
• modifies
• alters
• changes
• mutates
• transmutes
• transfigures
• metamorphoses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• is
• continues
• remains
• stays
• lingers
• abides

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of grows

High rates push some buyers out of the market and, as demand slows, the number of listings usually grows and prices soften, giving house hunters more power. — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026

The risk grows as applied AI shifts toward agentic systems—software designed to execute multi-step workflows autonomously—where small errors compound at every stage. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026

That means that if a property’s market value grows faster than 5% a year, the owner would pay taxes on an assessed value that’s potentially far lower than what the property could fetch on the open market. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026

That food was manoomin, or wild rice, an annual grass that grows in shallow water. — Tovar Cerulli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026

Madagascar’s natural forests shrank 27% between 1990 and 2025, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, meaning the vines on which the pepper grows have nowhere to climb. — Leah Quinn, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026

The skin in the ear canal grows outward like a conveyor belt. — David Hu, The Conversation, 27 Oct. 2026

And when a guest purchases a home item, their basket grows by more than 30 percent. — David Moin, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026

Area health systems are building hundreds of millions of dollars of medical facilities in Folsom as the population grows in the city and along the Highway 50 corridor. — Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026