OUTGROWTH Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

outgrowth

noun

ˈau̇t-ˌgrōth

Definition of outgrowth

as in limb

a branch of a main stem especially of a plant trimmed back some of the tree's outgrowths so they wouldn't interfere with the power lines

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as in outcome

a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause a predictable outgrowth of the suburb's ever growing population will be the need for more schools

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as in derivation

something that naturally develops or is developed from something else an industry that is an outgrowth of the technology first developed for the U.S. space program

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Recent Examples of outgrowth Reverse Centaur seems like a natural outgrowth of that. — ArsTechnica, 23 June 2026 JPMorgan upgraded Visteon to overweight from neutral, saying the company is uniquely positioned to drive significant outgrowth with automotive and related verticals. — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 22 June 2026 The committee was created explicitly to counter Leading the Future and was an outgrowth of a nonprofit Carson helped fund to push for AI regulation. — Matt Brown, Fortune, 17 June 2026 The internet has been lousy with them since the 2000s, long before the acronym entered the lexicon as an outgrowth of the wider financial-independence movement. — Joshua Rivera, Vanity Fair, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for outgrowth

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Noun

Blue is a giant stick figure with what seems to be four limbs, standing on what might be one leg, while the other is lifted.

— Scott Simon, NPR, 5 Sep. 2026
There are also the journalists, the athletes, and the kids who spend sunny days doing contact improv, which was invented at Oberlin, tangling their limbs in the grass outside the library.

— Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of limb

Noun

Putin’s foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov described the talks to journalists afterward as constructive, frank and useful, but didn’t talk about specific outcomes.

— Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026
Vasseur did not wish to discuss the possible final 2026 championship outlook, saying his attention was purely on present performance and taking steps; focus on the process, not the outcome.

— Luke Smith, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of outcome

Noun

Many forms of divination have been practiced historically in Africa, but divination techniques found in Hoodoo have sometimes been of European derivation; for instance, Hoodoo frequently employs cartomancy, or divination using playing cards.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
And woven into every page and at each chapter heading are gorgeous language derivations.

— The Know, Denver Post, 4 June 2026

Definition of derivation

Noun

Not to mention, the Seahawks left plenty of room for growth, whether that’s cleaning up pre-snap penalties or being more explosive as an offense.

— Andrew Destin, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
But even in Biden’s last two years — 2023 and 2024 — job growth averaged 166,000 a month.

— Melissa Goldin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of growth

Noun

When a close compresses from weeks to days or a forecast updates in hours, finance can operate on current information instead of stale results.

— Hemant Kapadia, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
After the results of a close Marshall City Council race in central Missouri had been certified, Hoskins' office received a complaint about the tallying of write-in votes, recounted them itself and instructed city officials to change the results.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of result

Noun

Originally filed in July, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission — which regulates derivatives contracts — approved the listing of the perpetuals this week.

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
This has involved drawing a bright line between whole-leaf kratom — generally the products sold by the vendors that fund the association — and its new derivatives, which have been described as more potent than morphine.

— Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of derivative

Noun

Roman has teamed with offensive coordinator Matt Nagy, whose roots are with Andy Reid in Kansas City, and quarterbacks coach Brian Callahan, who is an offshoot of the Sean McVay coaching tree from his time as Bengals OC under Zac Taylor.

— Dan Duggan, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Is Marin’s hostility toward the anchor-outs an offshoot of this movement?

— Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of offshoot

Noun

Ilie and Ghodla modeled the environment in which the resultant black hole seeds would exist and merge, calculating merger rates and the influence on the gravitational wave background.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026
No other spacecraft has ever descended into the moon’s shadowy south polar craters, although NASA did crash a rocket into one in 2009 and watched a resultant plume of water vapor burst out.

— Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026

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