All grow synonyms
grow
G g verb grow
- widen β Make or become wider.
- sprout β to begin to grow; shoot forth, as a plant from a seed.
- cultivate β If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it.
- develop β When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
- raise β to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- flourish β to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- breed β A breed of a pet animal or farm animal is a particular type of it. For example, terriers are a breed of dog.
- increase β to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- spread β to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
- build β If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
- thrive β to prosper; be fortunate or successful.
- swell β to grow in bulk, as by the absorption of moisture or the processes of growth.
- rise β to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- produce β to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- gain β to make a gain or gains in.
- multiply β to make many or manifold; increase the number, quantity, etc., of.
- come β When a person or thing comes to a particular place, especially to a place where you are, they move there.
- advance β To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
- age β Your age is the number of years that you have lived.
- turn β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- mature β complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- become β If someone or something becomes a particular thing, they start to change and develop into that thing, or start to develop the characteristics mentioned.
- thicken β make thicker
- maturate β Pathology. to suppurate.
- arise β If a situation or problem arises, it begins to exist or people start to become aware of it.
- dilate β to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- stretch β to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- wax β a fit of anger; rage.
- germinate β to begin to grow or develop.
- issue β the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
- vegetate β to grow in, or as in, the manner of a plant.
- pullulate β to send forth sprouts, buds, etc.; germinate; sprout.
- propagate β to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- abound β If things abound, or if a place abounds with things, there are very large numbers of them.
- stem β science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, considered as a group of academic or career fields (often used attributively): degree programs in STEM disciplines; teaching STEM in high school.
- heighten β to increase the height of; make higher.
- amplify β If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
- shoot β to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
- augment β To augment something means to make it larger, stronger, or more effective by adding something to it.
- luxuriate β to enjoy oneself without stint; revel: to luxuriate in newly acquired wealth.
- mount β to go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.
- originate β to take its origin or rise; begin; start; arise: The practice originated during the Middle Ages.
- ripen β fruit, etc.: mature
- burgeon β If something burgeons, it grows or develops rapidly.
- nurture β to feed and protect: to nurture one's offspring.
- evolve β Develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complex form.
- expand β explain
- enlarge β Make or become bigger or more extensive.
- extend β Cause to cover a larger area; make longer or wider.
- grow up β to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.