Synonyms for grow
groʊgrow

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1. growverb

   Antonyms:
   shrink

2. growverb

   Children grow quickly.

   Antonyms:
   shrink

3. growverb

   Antonyms:
   shrink

4. growverb

   Antonyms:
   shrink

5. growverb

   Antonyms:
   shrink

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. grow

   Synonyms:
   be born, be immortal, begin, come into being, come to life, exist, flourish, live, rise again, rise from the dead, survive

   Antonyms:
   cease, decease, decline, depart, die, expire, fade, perish, wither

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1. grow

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

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

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Agriculture
   • Change
   • Cultivate
   • Develop
   • Increase

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1. mature

   it is a verb.

   the puppy will mature over the summer.

   Submitted by anonymous on January 11, 2021  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. growverb

   Synonyms:
   enlarge, increase, expand, extend, be augmented, become (by degrees) greater or larger

2. growverb

   Synonyms:
   vegetate, sprout, germinate, shoot, pullulate, put forth, shoot up, spring up

3. growverb

   Synonyms:
   advance, improve, make progress, make improvement

4. growverb

   Synonyms:
   become, wax, come to be, get to be

5. growverb

   Synonyms:
   raise, produce, cultivate

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1. growverb

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

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "grow":

   growth, increase, cultivate, cultivar, expand, rise, develop, thrive, flourish, push, growing, prosper

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How to use grow in a sentence?

1. Maria Claudia Lacouture:

   At this point most of the limits Colombia has for growth in tourism are the warnings that other countries have, the moment we have peace, those warnings won't have weight - their reason for existing is the rebels and insecurity. That will allow tourists to start to see Colombia in a different light and for the sector to grow.

2. Joseph Addison:

   Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties and causes a kind of remissness and dissolution in all the powers of the soul; and thus it may be looked on as weakness in the composition of human nature. But if we consider the frequent reliefs we receive from it and how often it breaks the gloom which is apt to depress the mind and damp our spirits, with transient, unexpected gleams of joy, one would take care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life.

3. Jim Lentz:

   We’re going to grow again. We will climb the staircase, but it’s a different way than in the past. It’s not going to be growth for growth’s sake.

4. Golden Gate Thomas:

   The growth of the game, the commercial viability, the competitiveness comes from the 15s. That's the traditional form of rugby, i do think you need both and I think if you were to grow one or the other, I would say grow the 15s first.

5. Scott Walker:

   It sends a powerful message across the country and around the world, this is one more tool that will help grow good-paying, family-supporting jobs here in the state of Wisconsin, particularly in the areas where you need them in manufacturing.