GROWTH as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the gradual beginning or coming forth
   
   Synonym(s)
   • emergence (what does emergence mean?)
   • outgrowth (what does outgrowth mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece
   
   Hypernyms(s) growth is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • beginning (what does beginning mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • rise (what does rise mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • originate (what does originate mean?)
   • arise (what does arise mean?)
   • rise (what does rise mean?)
   • develop (what does develop mean?)
   • uprise (what does uprise mean?)
   • spring up (what does spring up mean?)
   • grow (what does grow mean?)
   • turn (what does turn mean?)
   • grow (what does grow mean?)
   • emerge (what does emerge mean?)
2. Meaning
   • vegetation that has grown
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • a growth of trees
   • the only growth was some salt grass
   
   Hypernyms(s) growth is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • vegetation (what does vegetation mean?)
   • flora (what does flora mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • grow (what does grow mean?)
   • raise (what does raise mean?)
   • farm (what does farm mean?)
   • produce (what does produce mean?)
3. Meaning
   • something grown or growing
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • a growth of hair
   
   Hypernyms(s) growth is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • object (what does object mean?)
   • physical object (what does physical object mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • ingrowth (what does ingrowth mean?)
4. Meaning
   • (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically
   • a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
   
   Synonym(s)
   • development (what does development mean?)
   • growing (what does growing mean?)
   • maturation (what does maturation mean?)
   • ontogenesis (what does ontogenesis mean?)
   • ontogeny (what does ontogeny mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children
   
   Hypernyms(s) growth is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • organic process (what does organic process mean?)
   • biological process (what does biological process mean?)
   
   Antonym(s)
   • nondevelopment (what does nondevelopment mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • culture (what does culture mean?)
   • amelogenesis (what does amelogenesis mean?)
   • angiogenesis (what does angiogenesis mean?)
   • apposition (what does apposition mean?)
   • auxesis (what does auxesis mean?)
   • blossoming (what does blossoming mean?)
   • flowering (what does flowering mean?)
   • florescence (what does florescence mean?)
   • inflorescence (what does inflorescence mean?)
   • anthesis (what does anthesis mean?)
   • efflorescence (what does efflorescence mean?)
   • cenogenesis (what does cenogenesis mean?)
   • kenogenesis (what does kenogenesis mean?)
   • caenogenesis (what does caenogenesis mean?)
   • cainogenesis (what does cainogenesis mean?)
   • kainogenesis (what does kainogenesis mean?)
   • cohesion (what does cohesion mean?)
   • cytogenesis (what does cytogenesis mean?)
   • cytogeny (what does cytogeny mean?)
   • foliation (what does foliation mean?)
   • leafing (what does leafing mean?)
   • fructification (what does fructification mean?)
   • gametogenesis (what does gametogenesis mean?)
   • germination (what does germination mean?)
   • sprouting (what does sprouting mean?)
   • infructescence (what does infructescence mean?)
   • intussusception (what does intussusception mean?)
   • juvenescence (what does juvenescence mean?)
   • life cycle (what does life cycle mean?)
   • masculinization (what does masculinization mean?)
   • masculinisation (what does masculinisation mean?)
   • virilization (what does virilization mean?)
   • virilisation (what does virilisation mean?)
   • morphogenesis (what does morphogenesis mean?)
   • myelinization (what does myelinization mean?)
   • myelinisation (what does myelinisation mean?)
   • neurogenesis (what does neurogenesis mean?)
   • palingenesis (what does palingenesis mean?)
   • recapitulation (what does recapitulation mean?)
   • proliferation (what does proliferation mean?)
   • psychomotor development (what does psychomotor development mean?)
   • psychosexual development (what does psychosexual development mean?)
   • rooting (what does rooting mean?)
   • suppression (what does suppression mean?)
   • teething (what does teething mean?)
   • dentition (what does dentition mean?)
   • odontiasis (what does odontiasis mean?)
   • teratogenesis (what does teratogenesis mean?)
   • vegetation (what does vegetation mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • develop (what does develop mean?)
   • grow (what does grow mean?)
   • develop (what does develop mean?)
   • produce (what does produce mean?)
   • get (what does get mean?)
   • acquire (what does acquire mean?)
   • senesce (what does senesce mean?)
   • age (what does age mean?)
   • get on (what does get on mean?)
   • mature (what does mature mean?)
   • maturate (what does maturate mean?)
   • senesce (what does senesce mean?)
   • age (what does age mean?)
   • get on (what does get on mean?)
   • mature (what does mature mean?)
   • maturate (what does maturate mean?)
   • mature (what does mature mean?)
   • maturate (what does maturate mean?)
   • grow (what does grow mean?)
   • grow (what does grow mean?)
   • grow (what does grow mean?)
   • grow (what does grow mean?)
   • grow (what does grow mean?)
   • mature (what does mature mean?)
   • maturate (what does maturate mean?)
   • grow (what does grow mean?)
5. Meaning
   • a progression from simpler to more complex forms
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • the growth of culture
   
   Hypernyms(s) growth is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • development (what does development mean?)
   • evolution (what does evolution mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • mature (what does mature mean?)
   • maturate (what does maturate mean?)
   • grow (what does grow mean?)
6. Meaning
   • a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
   
   Synonym(s)
   • increase (what does increase mean?)
   • increment (what does increment mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • the increase in unemployment
   • the growth of population
   
   Hypernyms(s) growth is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • process (what does process mean?)
   
   Antonym(s)
   • decrease (what does decrease mean?)
   • decrement (what does decrement mean?)
   • decrease (what does decrease mean?)
   • decrement (what does decrement mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • accession (what does accession mean?)
   • accretion (what does accretion mean?)
   • accumulation (what does accumulation mean?)
   • accretion (what does accretion mean?)
   • accretion (what does accretion mean?)
   • accretion (what does accretion mean?)
   • multiplication (what does multiplication mean?)
   • population growth (what does population growth mean?)
   • proliferation (what does proliferation mean?)
   • pullulation (what does pullulation mean?)
   • relaxation (what does relaxation mean?)
   • widening (what does widening mean?)
   • broadening (what does broadening mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • grow (what does grow mean?)
   • increase (what does increase mean?)
   • increase (what does increase mean?)
7. Meaning
   • (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
   
   Hypernyms(s) growth is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • illness (what does illness mean?)
   • unwellness (what does unwellness mean?)
   • malady (what does malady mean?)
   • sickness (what does sickness mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • excrescence (what does excrescence mean?)
   • exostosis (what does exostosis mean?)
   • polyp (what does polyp mean?)
   • polypus (what does polypus mean?)
   • peduncle (what does peduncle mean?)
   • tumor (what does tumor mean?)
   • tumour (what does tumour mean?)
   • neoplasm (what does neoplasm mean?)
   • hamartoma (what does hamartoma mean?)