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

Trump may be the poster child, but Big Players are proliferating across the globe. — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 27 July 2026

Tiny new Christian schools, often operating in Sunday school spaces in churches, are proliferating. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 16 July 2026

Such impostor scams, when a criminal pretends to be a legitimate business or even a government official, are proliferating and morphing at an accelerated rate as artificial intelligence makes impersonation easier than ever. — Bill Lukitsch, Boston Herald, 13 July 2026

Hundreds of proliferating nonprofits—focused on election integrity and democratic governance, and largely sharing the same mission and drawing from the same donors—are crowding an already bustling ecosystem of existing nonprofits, coalitions, and think tanks. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 28 June 2026

Many of these proliferating jerseys are not meant to be replicas of the game gear worn by favorite athletes. — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 28 June 2026

At the same time, data centers are proliferating, justified as infrastructure for artificial intelligence. — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2026

The investigation found that, despite efforts to curb their spread across the country, nitazenes are proliferating online. — Jonathan Moens — Bellingcat, STAT, 18 June 2026

Dodging accusations of being a control freak, feuding with other musicians, and proliferating bizarro theories on UFOs seemed more important than writing good songs. — David Harris, SPIN, 2 June 2026