Synonyms of skyrocketing

skyrocketing

verb

present participle of skyrocket

as in soaring

to rise abruptly and rapidly

the crisis has caused oil prices to skyrocket

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soaring
• increasing
• surging
• rocketing
• shooting (up)
• peaking
• swelling
• escalating
• proliferating
• ballooning
• intensifying
• mushrooming
• zooming
• mounting
• multiplying
• burgeoning
• expanding
• accumulating
• snowballing
• enlarging
• waxing
• heightening
• cresting
• appreciating
• building up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plummeting
• plunging
• tumbling
• falling
• slumping
• collapsing
• decreasing
• nose-diving
• diminishing
• dropping
• waning
• contracting
• lessening

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of skyrocketing

The revival of physical media and the skyrocketing value of elaborate consumer experiences is very real and emerging as an antidote to fears that AI is changing everything. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

Billionaire Mark Cuban says skyrocketing health care costs, not AI, are the biggest threat to jobs. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

The Iran conflict is not the only conflict contributing to diesel’s skyrocketing price. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026

The Lotte sticks out from its Downtown surroundings, the shiny glass of the tower skyrocketing up from the otherwise ordinary city streets. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

The union’s foremost demand has been a contract that guarantees wages commensurate with the skyrocketing cost of living for a single adult New Yorker. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

On top of the material costs, Porter has been hit with skyrocketing diesel prices — a product needed every step of the way in her operation from producing to harvesting to transporting. — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Anderson is a 20-year NFL veteran with a strong money-generating background that has drawn the attention of the skyrocketing WNBA. — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

That sent premium payments skyrocketing for many enrollees, particularly middle-income folks, for 2026. — Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026