mushrooming

the act or process of becoming greater in number this mushrooming of options for phone, cable, and Internet service has left me hopelessly confused Synonyms of mushrooming accumulating, accumulation, addition, increase, multiplication, proliferationWords Related to mushrooming doubling, quadrupling, tripling; creep, growth, rise, spread; enlargement, escalation, expansion; amplification, distension (or distention), inflation; accretion, accrual, augmentation, cumulation; extension, lengthening; boost, gain, hike, increment, riseNear Antonyms of mushrooming abatement, compressing, compression, condensation, condensing, constricting, constriction, contracting, contraction, diminishing, diminishment, diminution, drop, drop-off, fall, falloff, lessening, lowering, reduction, shrinkage, shrinking; retrenching, retrenchment, shorteningAntonyms of mushrooming decrease