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Antonyms for grow
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Wiktionary4.0 / 1 vote

  1. growverb

    Antonyms:
    shrink

  2. growverb

    Children grow quickly.

    Antonyms:
    shrink

  3. growverb

    Antonyms:
    shrink

  4. growverb

    Antonyms:
    shrink

  5. growverb

    Antonyms:
    shrink

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. grow

    Antonyms:
    dimmish, recede, contract, fail, stop, die, wane

    Synonyms:
    increase, advance, extend, expand, enlarge, gain ground, accrue, become, develop, amplify

Princeton's WordNet2.3 / 6 votes

  1. turn, growverb

    pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

    "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"

    Synonyms:
    bend, get, mature, wrick, rise, work, plow, change state, move around, twist, release, develop, uprise, rick, maturate, acquire, flex, arise, spring up, farm, wrench, become, originate, sour, sprain, call on, raise, change by reversal, produce, turn over, reverse, ferment, deform, turn, plough

  2. growverb

    become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain

    "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"

    Synonyms:
    farm, get, spring up, originate, rise, uprise, acquire, arise, raise, maturate, mature, turn, produce, develop

  3. growverb

    increase in size by natural process

    "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore"

    Synonyms:
    farm, get, spring up, originate, rise, uprise, acquire, arise, raise, maturate, mature, turn, produce, develop

  4. growverb

    cause to grow or develop

    "He grows vegetables in his backyard"

    Synonyms:
    farm, get, spring up, originate, rise, uprise, acquire, arise, raise, maturate, mature, turn, produce, develop

  5. mature, maturate, growverb

    develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation

    "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"

    Synonyms:
    turn, age, farm, produce, spring up, suppurate, acquire, arise, senesce, rise, develop, ripen, originate, fester, maturate, get, uprise, mature, raise, get on

  6. originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, growverb

    come into existence; take on form or shape

    "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"

    Synonyms:
    turn, start, bristle, mature, rise, get, build up, prepare, stand up, climb up, uprise, maturate, acquire, go up, rebel, surface, lift, arise, spring up, farm, come up, originate, train, evolve, modernize, bob up, resurrect, ascend, initiate, develop, climb, heighten, make grow, break, get up, prove, germinate, move up, turn out, jump, raise, formulate, modernise, rear, produce, mount, rise up, wax, recrudesce, educate, explicate

  7. grow, raise, farm, produceverb

    cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques

    "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here"

    Synonyms:
    turn, kindle, mature, rise, put forward, get, set up, bring forth, upgrade, make, develop, elevate, uprise, bring on, recruit, upraise, enkindle, maturate, put up, acquire, stir, call down, advance, conjure, lift, elicit, fire, arise, spring up, arouse, originate, conjure up, nurture, resurrect, levy, promote, prove, erect, raise, create, provoke, get up, produce, call forth, invoke, kick upstairs, bring out, heighten, bring up, evoke, rear, leaven, bring about, parent, enhance, give rise, farm

  8. grow, develop, produce, get, acquireverb

    come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

    "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"

    Synonyms:
    take, arrest, make, mature, mystify, experience, develop, take on, explicate, draw, assume, stupefy, have, arise, become, formulate, learn, receive, larn, scram, prepare, uprise, go, stimulate, sire, drive, engender, fix, pay back, spring up, suffer, sustain, stick, set about, create, bring out, raise, get under one's skin, incur, gain, contract, bring forth, dumbfound, beat, adopt, start, set out, win, rise, buzz off, train, modernize, make grow, originate, bring about, bring, bewilder, mother, induce, modernise, catch, bugger off, obtain, beget, puzzle, flummox, get, generate, turn, find, vex, germinate, baffle, recrudesce, start out, convey, capture, aim, let, perplex, bring on, gravel, fetch, begin, father, amaze, commence, get down, build up, arrive, produce, acquire, come, educate, evolve, maturate, break, pay off, pose, give rise, cause, farm, nonplus

  9. develop, growverb

    grow emotionally or mature

    "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"

    Synonyms:
    rise, educate, produce, mature, acquire, modernise, explicate, make grow, develop, formulate, evolve, arise, germinate, break, train, build up, get, originate, raise, maturate, uprise, modernize, spring up, recrudesce, turn, farm, prepare

  10. growverb

    become attached by or as if by the process of growth

    "The tree trunks had grown together"

    Synonyms:
    farm, get, spring up, originate, rise, uprise, acquire, arise, raise, maturate, mature, turn, produce, develop

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. growverb

    Antonyms:
    wane, atrophy, blast, diminish, stunt, stagnate

    Synonyms:
    increase, extend, augment, wax, accrue, develop, expand, mature, flourish, thrive, vegetate, sprout, pullulate, germinate, bourgeon, raise, cultivate

How to use grow in a sentence?

  1. Keyon Harrold:

    I want my son to grow up whole. That's all we want. ... I come from Ferguson and this has been my passport to the world, and I can't even come downstairs in New York City... and just go get brunch without being attacked and wrongfully accused of something.

  2. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker:

    They haven't made us grow or recede at all.

  3. Benjamin Franklin:

    After three days men grow weary of a wench, a guest, and rainy weather.

  4. Paul Gosar:

    We got huge support and it's growing, and I think it will continue to grow.

  5. Lidia Bastianich:

    Restaurants are such a big part of New York, of any city. We employ people who really need these jobs. The restaurants are a big part of the New York economy. To see these people at home, it breaks your heart – they have families, rent to pay. And there’s not much you can do. Even if we open a little bit – if it just generates enough to keep some people busy, to make some money.It’s not the question of being a big business right now, it’s just being open and keeping the people working and getting ready to grow back into a good economy.

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