Synonyms of skyrocketed

skyrocketed

verb

past tense of skyrocket

as in soared

to rise abruptly and rapidly

the crisis has caused oil prices to skyrocket

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soared
• increased
• surged
• rocketed
• peaked
• shot (up)
• swelled
• proliferated
• zoomed
• ballooned
• intensified
• escalated
• mushroomed
• multiplied
• expanded
• accumulated
• snowballed
• mounted
• enlarged
• waxed
• crested
• heightened
• built up
• appreciated
• burgeoned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plummeted
• plunged
• fell
• tumbled
• slumped
• collapsed
• decreased
• nose-dived
• dropped
• diminished
• waned
• lessened
• contracted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of skyrocketed

The project passed a feasibility study in 2022, but tenders failed as demand for GPUs skyrocketed. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026

As housing prices have skyrocketed, so too have property tax bills, despite homeowners feeling no richer. — M. Nolan Gray, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026

Ballot rejections have skyrocketed, Democracy Docket reported, because voters aren’t sealing the inner envelope. — Jen Fifield, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2026

As prices have ticked up in recent years, the cost to caregivers has skyrocketed. — Kat McGowan, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026

While oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz have largely recovered, the cost to get that crude out has skyrocketed because of expensive and inefficient workarounds being used. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

Months later, a Reddit post linked to it, page views skyrocketed from 8,000 to more than a million and Hollywood came calling. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2026

But private developers and homeowners will want higher rents to offset their investments, especially because construction and labor costs have skyrocketed since the COVID-19 pandemic. — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Diesel prices have skyrocketed since the start of the war in Iran in late February. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026