growth

Meaning

1. An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
2. Ellipsis of economic growth.
3. An increase in psychological strength or resilience; an increased ability to overcome adversity.
4. The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
5. Something that grows or has grown.
6. An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

Synonyms

increase

development

expansion

rise

growing

increment

augmentation

accretion

tumor

evolution

tumour

progress

enlargement

multiplication

gain

grow

improvement

accession

maturation

neoplasm

germination

breeding

addition

aggrandizement

spread

prosperity

excess

advancement

vegetation

ontogeny

advance

accumulation

extension

abscess

accruement

postponement

grow up

birth

emergence

progression

projection

promote

protrusion

raising

rash

boil

sprouting

stretching

surplus

buildup

ulcer

unfolding

upturn

nourishment

ontogenesis

accrual

outgrowth

pimple

raise

rearing

reputation

ripening

rising

sarcoma

seniority

stature

swelling

take-off

upswing

volume

wax

waxing

weed

weeds

juvenescence

grow to adulthood

springing up

upspring

intelligence

auxesis

full growth

interest on loan

biological increment

natural increase of an organism

becoming visible

devolopment

maduration

abundance

adulthood

amplification

appearance

ascendent

boost

build-up

bulk

bunch

clump

collection

deployment

depth

developing

display

elevation

escalation

evolvent

excrescence

expand

flourish

flourishing

flowering

gemmation

gestation

gobbet

grass

growing up

height

herb

🌿

hump

hunch

improver

interest

length

linkage

lump

magnification

malignance

malignant growth

malignant tumor

manifestation

march

mass

melanoma

metamorphosis

nonhuman

nub

outcrop

overgrowth

plant

🌱

polyp

process

product

production

profit

prospering

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹoʊθ/

Etymology

Cognate with Old Frisian: grēd

Cognate with Northern Frisian: greyde

Cognate with Middle High German: gruote

Cognate with Old Norse: gróðr

Cognate with Faroese: grøði

Cognate with Danish: grøde

Cognate with Swedish: gröda

In summary

From grow + -th. Compare Old Frisian grēd ("meadow, pasture"; > North Frisian greyde (“growth, pasture”)), Middle High German gruote, gruot (“greens, fresh growth, shoot”), Old Norse gróðr ("growth, crop"; > Faroese grøði, Danish grøde (“fruits”), Swedish gröda (“crop, harvest”)). More at grow.

Sentences

Aerotolerant organisms cannot use oxygen for growth but are tolerate its presence .

More schooling does not necessarily correlate with greater economic growth .

Carthage's prosperity fostered the growth of the Berber kingdoms , Numidia and Mauretania .