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

Disrupting the flow across the US-Canada border will cost US jobs, both for the auto parts industry and at assembly plants, according to experts. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

The shortage of cattle also has left beef processing plants operating below capacity. — John Hanna, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

In an Early Childhood classroom, this might include children hanging up their belongings, cleaning a spill, returning work to its proper location, and helping care for plants, animals, or the classroom. — Jose Bolaños, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026

And in the summer working, caring for the garden, cultivating my plants, my food, inhaling the sun, seeing my skin become brown just as the flowers are also growing their colours, and my beloved garden plants are delivering their brilliant food. — Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026

Here are seven of the largest and most important EV manufacturing plants and campuses in the United States, based on a combination of physical scale and production capacity. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026

Nurdles are manufactured by petrochemical plants specifically for the purpose of making new products. — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Then there’s the Winter Garden, which looks like a greenhouse with a glass ceiling and loads of plants. — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026

Verb

Garden Path Combo Along a stone path, Erin plants an eye-catching combo of blue spruce, purple ajuga, sedges, and copper coral bells. — Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 12 Aug. 2026

Repot plants every two to three years into fresh soil to minimize problems with salt buildup. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2026

Cross plants himself downhill in a spot on the ski slope with his camera. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026

The soft ending plants the suggestion that David’s entanglement with Sara might not be definitively over. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026

Colorful edimentals, plants both edible and beautiful, add zing to your edible or ornamental plantings. — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2026

The Odyssey without gods is a bold twist on the source material, but Nolan plants the seeds throughout his adaptation. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 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