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mushrooming

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of 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, proliferation

Words 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, rise

Near 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, shortening

Antonyms of mushrooming

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