Synonyms of proliferating

proliferating

verb

present participle of proliferate

as in increasing

to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number

rumors about the incident proliferated on the Internet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• increasing
• rising
• accelerating
• expanding
• swelling
• multiplying
• climbing
• intensifying
• mushrooming
• accumulating
• spreading
• escalating
• waxing
• burgeoning
• booming
• snowballing
• enlarging
• ballooning
• mounting
• surging
• gaining
• appreciating
• rolling up
• jumping
• skyrocketing
• heightening
• building up
• rocketing
• peaking
• inflating
• distending
• redoubling
• cresting
• puffing (up)
• bulking
• crescendoing
• blowing up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decreasing
• diminishing
• contracting
• lessening
• receding
• dwindling
• waning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of proliferating

At-home spa gear will keep proliferating, and the marketing will get softer. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026

Chinese entities have applied for licenses for hundreds of thousands of communications satellites, and Chinese space companies are proliferating. — Kathleen Curlee, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026

Flagship neoclouds If the hyperscalers were adequate, neoclouds wouldn't be proliferating. — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026

But fears over whether the disease could spread are proliferating as officials move to isolate the woman’s contacts and bolster outbreak prevention efforts at local hospitals. — Claire Maldarelli, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026

Stanton lost track, among the acronyms’ proliferating onslaught, of the chain of hook-ups. — Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026

Given the rate at which AI is proliferating and becoming increasingly complex, these questions could soon have profound impacts. — New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2026

Born in 1972, Liu came of an age when material abundance represented hope and manufacturing ramped up, with slab-style apartment blocks proliferating. — Lavender Au, ARTnews.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Similar scenes are proliferating on the Lower East Side and in Sarugakuchō. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026