PROLIFERATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • growth by the rapid multiplication of parts
   Hypernyms(s) proliferation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • growth (what does growth mean?)
   • growing (what does growing mean?)
   • maturation (what does maturation mean?)
   • development (what does development mean?)
   • ontogeny (what does ontogeny mean?)
   • ontogenesis (what does ontogenesis mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • proliferate (what does proliferate mean?)
   • proliferate (what does proliferate mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the proliferation of nuclear weapons
   Hypernyms(s) proliferation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • increase (what does increase mean?)
   • increment (what does increment mean?)
   • growth (what does growth mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • nonproliferation (what does nonproliferation mean?)
   • non-proliferation (what does non-proliferation mean?)
   • nonproliferation (what does nonproliferation mean?)
   • non-proliferation (what does non-proliferation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • proliferate (what does proliferate mean?)
   • proliferate (what does proliferate mean?)