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

On the other, gig workers face manipulative algorithmic payouts, erratic schedules and the skyrocketing costs of keeping their cars on the road. — Christopher S. Tang, The Conversation, 8 July 2026

Rowdy children represent yet another challenge for restaurants like his that have struggled through the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic and, more recently, skyrocketing prices for beef, cooking oil and other goods, Xue said. — Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Skyrizi’s skyrocketing sales since its first FDA approval in 2019 show the field’s–and AbbVie’s–strength. — Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

However, investors are growing increasingly concerned that AI spending can’t keep up with skyrocketing memory prices. — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 7 July 2026

There was a fuel crisis, skyrocketing inflation, high unemployment, the recent trauma of Vietnam, plus the Cold War. — Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Season 3 of the series returned with a bloody episode and a skyrocketing death toll, which continues to rise, as the rival Targaryen factions clashed in the shock-and-awe-inspiring Battle of the Gullet. — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 5 July 2026

The skyrocketing prices have been a boon for big oil companies. — Jerry McNerney, Mercury News, 2 July 2026

As major cloud computing companies such as Microsoft, Meta, Alphabet and Amazon rush to build data centers around the globe to power new AI models and systems, the price of computer equipment and memory specifically has been skyrocketing. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 1 July 2026