Synonyms of plant

plant 1 of 2

noun

as in factory

a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods

a furniture plant that employs hundreds of people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• factory
• mill
• shop
• works
• workshop
• manufactory
• workplace
• studio
• yard
• sweatshop
• workroom
• atelier

plant

2 of 2

verb

ˈplant 

1

as in to seed

to put or set into the ground to grow

I'll plant the marigold seeds in the spring

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seed
• put in
• drill
• transplant
• sow
• scatter
• replant
• bed
• pot
• broadcast
• reseed
• overseed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gather
• harvest
• reap

2

as in to establish

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of

soon the sect had planted churches across the breadth of the colony

Synonyms & Similar Words

• establish
• pioneer
• found
• initiate
• launch
• create
• introduce
• institute
• begin
• construct
• inaugurate
• start
• constitute
• originate
• organize
• innovate
• manufacture
• develop
• produce
• set up
• author
• invent
• fund
• devise
• finance
• make up
• cook (up)
• father
• expand
• conceive
• think (up)
• enlarge
• subsidize
• fabricate
• endow
• concoct
• arrange
• contrive
• systematize
• systemize
• reinitiate
• put up
• relaunch
• reinstitute
• refound

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• close (down)
• shut (up)
• stop
• phase out
• abolish
• nullify
• finish
• end
• terminate
• annul
• halt
• annihilate
• wind up
• round (off or out)
• wrap up

3

as in to breed

to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set

a profound respect for Mother Nature that had been planted by long experience with hurricanes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• breed
• root
• implant
• sow
• lodge
• embed
• inculcate
• inseminate
• instill
• drive
• enroot
• infix
• invest
• pound
• hammer
• inoculate
• infuse
• steep
• entrench
• imbue
• suffuse
• fix
• ingrain

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of plant

Noun

The landscape flowed in ridges and mountains of faded yellow and whisper pink, where welwitschia–large, low-lying plants that live to be hundreds of years old–sprawled like relics from a Dune film set. — Samantha Falewée, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026

Here, nestled between oak trees and yucca plants in the Holy Cross neighborhood, Hollywell found a place to live and turned it into a creative wellspring. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026

Verb

Trees provide shade and clean air in congested cities, so planting more of them seems like a straightforward solution. — Nathan Rott, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026

Tunisia was also the most successful Arab country to plant a democracy after 2011. — The Monitor's Editorial Board, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2026