GROWING Synonyms: 135 Similar and Opposite Words

growing 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of growing

as in booming

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verb

present participle of grow

as in cultivating

to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care a dedicated home gardener who grows tomatoes in her small garden every summer

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as in progressing

to become mature you've grown so much since we last saw each other

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as in becoming

to eventually have as a state or quality he will grow angry if we don't answer his question

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Recent Examples of growing

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Free in-flight Wi-Fi on United Airlines is now confined to the small but growing subset of the carrier's fleet with Starlink connectivity. — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 15 Apr. 2026 Vancouver is another attractive and growing alternative to Hollywood, especially when the Canadian dollar is low. — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026

Verb

These are the same financial strategies to maximize small business value that separate a two times multiple from a five times multiple, and most of them have nothing to do with growing revenue faster. — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 By then, Miko, three years older, had a growing collection of tennis-championship trophies. — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for growing

Recent Examples of Synonyms for growing

Adjective

Hollywood was booming, with construction almost complete on Netflix’s sprawling Sunset Boulevard headquarters, which would become the hub for the streaming revolution.

— Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Super Micro Computer and Sandisk also surged as booming demand for memory used in AI data centers lifted both stocks.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of booming

Verb

The intervention of Allied troops on the White Russian side in the Russian Civil War deepened Bolshevik paranoia, and Bolshevik leaders concluded that hostile powers would always seek to destroy Russia by cultivating internal enemies.

— Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
According to royal insider Rob Shuter, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are very interested in cultivating a close relationship with Charles.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of cultivating

Verb

Coming into the fight, the headlines were all about Itauma, the 21-year-old Brit with a chance to make history by becoming the youngest heavyweight to win a world title since Mike Tyson did so at age 20 in 1986.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Making history is fast becoming an everyday thing for Caitlin Clark—same goes for her friend Taylor Swift.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of becoming

Verb

The videos, which are projected to fill a single wall, were shot with two iPhone 15s mounted together in a handheld jig, producing two images, one for each eye.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
The area around my hometown was once a famous silk-producing region, and my grandparents kept silkworms in six-foot-wide bamboo trays.

— Jonathan Flint, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of producing

Verb

At this point in the WSL’s existence, eight years since becoming a fully professional league, players now ageing out at the title contenders do so with all the advantages — finances, facilities, health — of only knowing full-time football.

— Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
An aging population, growing healthcare needs and rising energy demand are expected to create strong opportunities for healthcare workers, data scientists and renewable energy technicians.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of aging

Verb

Yankees fans might be getting flashbacks of Boone’s defense for Anthony Volpe, who similarly faded into inconsistency after emerging as the apparent heir to the franchise’s shortstop role.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
And with 11 billion tons of freight moved by truck in 2024, the stakes of getting safety right extend far beyond the competition floor.

— Alice Barlow, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

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