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

The dining room is striking, accented with emerald green tiles, and the outdoor tables sit beneath hanging plants that turn the space into its own tropical enclave. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026

With the arrival of fall, Wilson is getting ready to prune what’s left of the plants, fertilize the soil, lay down some straw and netting, and wait out the wintry weather. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

Several meatpacking plants in the Kansas cities of Dodge City, Liberal and Garden City typically process thousands of cattle every day, but Mabinger said some had to shut down temporarily and send cattle back to feedlots. — Heather Hollingsworth, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026

Google has reached a deal with utility firm Georgia Power to squeeze extra electricity from two existing nuclear plants. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026

Transplanting during a dry spell can stress plants, damage roots, and hinder their ability to recover. — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 26 Sep. 2026

And all around it, most of the little placards identifying native plants are broken or missing. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Disco balls and fake green mossy plants hang from the ceiling, and there’s a TV mounted on the walls in nearly every direction. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026

Monaco’s son, now 7-years-old and in the second grade, is learning through activities such as field trips to a marsh to study animals and the elements, or an at-school farm to learn about the life cycle of plants and pollination. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026

Verb

Moving plants indoors during cold snaps can keep mums in flower longer. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2026

The repeal’s effect on power companies’ present-day decisions – which plants to continue to operate, what to build and with what pollution controls built in – affects the electricity prices consumers pay now and over the coming decades. — Akshaya Jha, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026

Move container plants indoors to a dark, dry spot, like a basement or garage. — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 9 Sep. 2026

The club also plants and maintains various Naperville gardens, including Paw Paw Garden at Naper Settlement, Veterans Garden, Blue Star Marker Garden, and the garden and planters at the DuPage Children’s Museum and Trinity House. — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026

Standing at two hours and 30 minutes, along with a 15-minute intermission, the narrative plants you in the middle of a world of ironies. — Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026

At a five-acre research plot in Clarendon, Texas, the company has been studying roughly 500 cotton varieties, collecting field imagery and genomic information to determine which plants merit further breeding. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026

The playwright’s story plants its clues carefully enough that the eventual revelations feel surprising without feeling arbitrary — exactly what a good ghost story should accomplish. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

Speculations have arisen about the possibilities that plants’ cellular consciousness is aware of cellular death beyond their immediate environment. — Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2026