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

Meanwhile, Tesla is concerning investors with skyrocketing costs. — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 23 July 2026

The breakneck growth of the AI industry has meant skyrocketing demand for data centers. — Yasmin Vossoughian, NBC news, 23 July 2026

That’s in part because of the skyrocketing costs of the program, which sets minimum hourly wages and requires that farmers pay for workers’ housing and transportation. — Max Blau, ProPublica, 22 July 2026

The hardware firm’s stock has cooled since skyrocketing to an all-time high last month. — Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

These are some of the ways Americans are coping with the higher costs of living, from skyrocketing rents to grocery bills that seem to grow with each trip. — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 20 July 2026

Unsustainable, the fund’s liabilities were expected to hit $30 billion by 2029 amid skyrocketing applications. — Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 16 July 2026

That’s why Miami-Dade has seen skyrocketing prices for prime real estate. — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

Increases in semiconductor chip prices resulting from skyrocketing demand to meet computing capacity to power AI are also contributing to the higher costs of computers and computing equipment. — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 15 July 2026