'Growth' definitions:
Definition of 'growth'
(from WordNet)
noun
(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; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children" [syn: growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis] [ant: nondevelopment]
noun
A progression from simpler to more complex forms; "the growth of culture"
noun
A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population" [syn: increase, increment, growth] [ant: decrease, decrement]
noun
Vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass"
noun
The gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece" [syn: emergence, outgrowth, growth]
noun
(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
noun
Something grown or growing; "a growth of hair"
Definition of 'Growth'
From: GCIDE
- Growth \Growth\ (gr[=o]th), n. [Icel. gr[=o][eth]r, gr[=o][eth]i. See Grow.]
- 1. The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result. [1913 Webster]
- Nature multiplies her fertile growth. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'growth'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about-face,
- abscess,
- access,
- accession,
- accomplishment,
- accretion,
- accrual,
- accruement,
- accumulation,
- addition,
- advance,
- advancement,
- aggrandizement,
- ague,
- alchemy,
- amplification,
- anemia,
- ankylosis,
- anoxia,
- apnea,
- appreciation,
- ascent,
- asphyxiation,
- assimilation,
- assumption,
- asthma,
- ataxia,
- atrophy,
- augmentation,
- backache,
- ballooning,
- becoming,
- benign tumor,
- bleeding,
- blennorhea,
- bloating,
- blossoming,
- boom,
- boost,
- bottoming out,
- broadening,
- budding,
- buildup,
- burgeoning,
- business cycle,
- business fluctuations,
- bust,
- cachexia,
- cachexy,
- callosity,
- callus,
- cancer,
- carcinoma,
- change,
- change-over,
- chill,
- chills,
- clump,
- colic,
- constipation,
- conversion,
- convulsion,
- cooling off,
- corn,
- coughing,
- crescendo,
- crisis,
- crop,
- cultivation,
- cyanosis,
- cyst,
- depression,
- development,
- developmental change,
- diarrhea,
- dizziness,
- downturn,
- dropsy,
- dysentery,
- dyspepsia,
- dyspnea,
- economic cycle,
- economic expansion,
- economic growth,
- edema,
- elaboration,
- elevation,
- emaciation,
- enlargement,
- evolution,
- evolutionary change,
- evolvement,
- evolving,
- excrescence,
- expanding economy,
- expansion,
- explication,
- extension,
- fainting,
- fatigue,
- fever,
- fibrillation,
- flip-flop,
- flood,
- flowering,
- flux,
- fungosity,
- fungus,
- furtherance,
- gain,
- gemmation,
- germination,
- gradual change,
- greatening,
- gush,
- hassock,
- hemorrhage,
- high blood pressure,
- high growth rate,
- hike,
- hydrops,
- hypertension,
- hypotension,
- icterus,
- improvement,
- increase,
- increment,
- indigestion,
- inflammation,
- inflation,
- insomnia,
- intumescence,
- itching,
- jaundice,
- jump,
- labored breathing,
- lapse,
- leap,
- low,
- low blood pressure,
- lumbago,
- lump,
- luxuriation,
- malignant growth,
- marasmus,
- market expansion,
- maturation,
- metastatic tumor,
- mole,
- morbid growth,
- mounting,
- multiplication,
- nasal discharge,
- natural development,
- natural growth,
- naturalization,
- nausea,
- necrosis,
- neoplasm,
- nevus,
- nonmalignant tumor,
- nonviolent change,
- nurturing,
- outgrowth,
- overgrowth,
- pain,
- paralysis,
- passage,
- peak,
- peaking,
- plantation,
- planting,
- procreation,
- productiveness,
- progress,
- progression,
- proliferation,
- prosperity,
- proud flesh,
- pruritus,
- pullulation,
- raise,
- rash,
- re-formation,
- recession,
- reconversion,
- recovery,
- reduction,
- reproduction,
- resolution,
- reversal,
- rheum,
- ripening,
- rise,
- sarcoma,
- sclerosis,
- seizure,
- shift,
- shock,
- skin eruption,
- slowdown,
- slump,
- sneezing,
- snowballing,
- sore,
- spasm,
- spread,
- sprouting,
- stand,
- success,
- surge,
- swelling,
- switch,
- switch-over,
- tabes,
- tachycardia,
- transformation,
- transit,
- transition,
- tuft,
- tumescence,
- tumor,
- turning into,
- tussock,
- unfolding,
- up,
- upgrowth,
- upping,
- upset stomach,
- upsurge,
- upswing,
- uptrend,
- upturn,
- vegetation,
- verruca,
- vertigo,
- volte-face,
- vomiting,
- wart,
- wasting,
- waxing,
- wen,
- widening
Words containing 'Growth'
- Growthful,
- Exponential growth,
- economic growth,
- growth factor,
- growth hormone,
- growth industry,
- growth medium,
- growth rate,
- growth regulator,
- growth ring,
- growth stock,
- malignant growth,
- old growth,
- population growth,
- rapid growth,
- rate of growth,
- second growth,
- human growth hormone,
- nerve growth factor,
- growth-onset diabetes,
- growth hormone-releasing factor