Synonyms of plants

plants 1 of 2

noun

plural of plant

as in factories

a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods

a furniture plant that employs hundreds of people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• factories
• mills
• works
• shops
• workshops
• manufactories
• workplaces
• studios
• yards
• sweatshops
• workrooms
• ateliers

plants

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of plant

1

as in seeds

to put or set into the ground to grow

I'll plant the marigold seeds in the spring

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seeds
• drills
• transplants
• beds
• puts in
• sows
• scatters
• pots
• replants
• broadcasts
• reseeds
• overseeds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gathers
• reaps
• harvests

2

as in founds

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

• founds
• establishes
• institutes
• initiates
• creates
• pioneers
• launches
• introduces
• constructs
• begins
• authors
• constitutes
• starts
• inaugurates
• manufactures
• originates
• sets up
• fathers
• innovates
• organizes
• produces
• develops
• funds
• devises
• cooks (up)
• invents
• thinks (up)
• finances
• conceives
• concocts
• expands
• subsidizes
• fabricates
• contrives
• systemizes
• makes up
• enlarges
• endows
• systematizes
• arranges
• refounds
• reinstitutes
• reinitiates
• puts up
• relaunches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• closes (down)
• shuts (up)
• stops
• ends
• finishes
• abolishes
• nullifies
• annihilates
• phases out
• annuls
• halts
• winds up
• terminates
• rounds (off or out)
• wraps up

3

as in breeds

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

• breeds
• roots
• implants
• lodges
• sows
• embeds
• inculcates
• inseminates
• instills
• enroots
• infixes
• drives
• pounds
• hammers
• invests
• inoculates
• infuses
• suffuses
• imbues
• entrenches
• steeps
• fixes
• ingrains

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of plants

Noun

JetZero says the digital-first process will help create one of the most advanced and adaptable aircraft manufacturing plants in the United States while reducing development risks as production scales. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 July 2026

The next great frontier for artificial intelligence is not in data centers, but in our scrap yards, recycling plants and waste streams. — R. Paul Singh, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Reflect Orbital wants to deliver sunlight to Earth after dark to increase the yield of solar plants and agricultural farms, provide free, sustainable lighting to construction sites and illuminate disaster zones in search of missing persons. — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 20 July 2026

Harvesting homegrown vegetables is infinitely fulfilling; that’s when all your hard labor planting and caring for the plants pays off. — Amy Brightfield, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2026

Use a Moisture Monitor Use a soil moisture meter to determine the amount of moisture in the root zone of the grass plants. — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 20 July 2026

Eight countries — Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda — have plans to introduce new plants, while several more have expressed interest in doing so, according to the International Energy Agency. — Jenny Vaughan, semafor.com, 20 July 2026

Adding to doctors’ worries are concerns about purity and dosing, because users typically buy from websites selling unregulated Chinese product— some of which comes from plants that previously produced the deadly opioid fentanyl. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 20 July 2026

For example, China turned off 3 million barrels per day in refinery output, according to JPMorgan, as the government massively ramped up its coal-firing plants and electric vehicle push. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

Verb

Knowing which plants toxic to dogs are in your space is the first step toward keeping them safe. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

The parent plants from which the cuttings were taken should rapidly heal wounds, and make lots of new grow to reform often more compact plants. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2026

Captured in a Boomerang-style clip during golden hour, Patrick plants a kiss on Brittany’s cheek. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026

The story follows one family who plants bulbs, seeds and seedlings to create a rainbow of blooming flowers. — Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 1 July 2026

Space plants 12 inches apart and water at the base to prevent powdery mildew. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 June 2026

An attacker plants instructions in content the model will later read on someone else's behalf. — Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Pruning leaves plants more vulnerable to drying out and reduces their energy reserves, which plants need to survive spells of hot, dry weather. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2026

Molloy rages to his film crew, and Lestat’s duplicity plants a wedge between the vamps. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 June 2026