GROWN Synonyms: 136 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈgrōn

Definition of grown

as in lush

covered with a thick healthy natural growth a field lavishly grown with poppies

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verb

past participle of grow

as in produced

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 progressed

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

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as in become

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 grown

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Of his two grown sons, one works at his father’s company, and the other works as a technician for Thermo Fisher Scientific, a Fortune 100 Company. — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026 And the knock out dish is the tomato pasta which features a selection of local grown tomatoes prepared a number of ways, all cooked with al dente spaghetti. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

Verb

With the high schoolers, the outcry has grown particularly loud. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 As many San Antonio districts have watched student enrollment shrink since the COVID-19 pandemic, some school systems on the city’s edges, like Somerset ISD, have grown enrollment numbers. — Sophia Veneziano, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for grown

Recent Examples of Synonyms for grown

Adjective

During our stay, the work of Croatian artist Matej Vuković was on display, bringing pops of brightly colored clouds and unique shapes to the lush green landscape.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026
There, an ominous cloud settled over Holden’s every word, with a stream of samples that made the beats feel textured and lush.

— Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of lush

Verb

Those changes seem to be linked to metabolic shifts, among them reductions in the load of glucose, the body’s standard fuel, which is produced mostly from carbohydrates.

— Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
For context, burning fossil fuels produced about 38 billion tons in 2025.

— Scott K. Johnson, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of produced

Verb

The technology has progressed to full-scale demonstrations at Kairos Power’s Oak Ridge campus in Tennessee, where the company’s Hermes Low-Power Demonstration Reactor is under construction.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Gifting or transferring shares after a sale or offering has progressed too far leaves room for the Internal Revenue Service to challenge the valuation.

— Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of progressed

Verb

Wang failed her first attempt to defend her dissertation and became envious of her colleague's success in discovering how to deliver RNA to human cells using bacteria, Gomelsky told The Associated Press.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
Google’s streaming behemoth is becoming ever more integral to media development, distribution and marketing plans for most contenders in media, from the biggest Hollywood studios to indie startups.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of become

Adjective

Koo’s team has decades of experience making sushi, with the greenest employee boasting 15 years behind a sushi counter.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
At Compass Rose, the hotel’s grab-and-go counter for Cuban-style coffee and pastries, look for the hotel’s original 1939 green-glass front desk, where I was told there’s photographic evidence of Miami Vice’s Don Johnson leaning against it.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of green

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The row reached the competition jury’s press conference the day after the opening ceremony, where a reporter raised the question of historical fact and creative freedom.

— Ophélie Surcouf, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Alternatively, funding is raised by high-yield corporate bond issuance or private credit borrowing.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

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