growth
Increase over time
Growth is the process of increasing in size, number, or degree.
Plants and children grow; so do economies and populations.
A growth is also something that has grown—often a tumor or abnormal mass: The doctor found a growth on her lung.
Personal growth suggests psychological or spiritual development: The experience led to tremendous growth.
Progress toward maturity
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- sproutingSeeds beginning growth
- floweringProducing reproductive structures
blooming · ripening · puberty · adolescence · differentiation · morphogenesis · embryonic · cellular
Forward movement or promotion
- improvementPositive change in quality
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
breakthrough · milestone · stride · headway · betterment · innovation · leap · transformation
Sudden powerful increase
- spikeSharp rise or point
- upturnImprovement in conditions
- upswingPeriod of increase
- riseMove to higher position
climb · expansion · escalation · acceleration · multiplication · accumulation · amplification · boost
Increase in size
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- elongationIncrease in length
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
- expansionIncrease in scope
height · spread · sprawl · extension · widening · broadening · distension · ballooning
Enhancing oneself deliberately
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- maturityFull growth achieved
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
insight · mindset · potential · resilience · character · confidence · self-awareness · emotional
Succeeding vigorously
- flourishingProspering vigorously
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
- successFavorable outcome attained
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
boom · fortune · well-being · plenty · opulence · blossoming · vitality · robustness
National output abbreviation
- recessionProlonged economic decline
- boomLoud deep sound
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- productivityOutput relative to input
stagnation · inflation · fiscal · monetary · industrialization · entrepreneurship · diversification · capital
development
Progress toward maturity
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- sproutingSeeds beginning growth
flowering · blooming · ripening · puberty · adolescence · differentiation · morphogenesis · embryonic · cellular · tissue
advancement
Forward movement or promotion
- improvementPositive change in quality
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
momentum · breakthrough · milestone · stride · headway · betterment · innovation · leap · transformation · ascending
surge
Sudden powerful increase
rise · climb · expansion · escalation · acceleration · multiplication · accumulation · amplification · boost · gain
enlargement
Increase in size
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- elongationIncrease in length
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
expansion · height · spread · sprawl · extension · widening · broadening · distension · ballooning · thickening
self-improvement
Enhancing oneself deliberately
enlightenment · insight · mindset · potential · resilience · character · confidence · self-awareness · emotional · spiritual
thriving
Succeeding vigorously
- flourishingProspering vigorously
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
- successFavorable outcome attained
wealth · boom · fortune · well-being · plenty · opulence · blossoming · vitality · robustness · healthy
GDP
National output abbreviation
- recessionProlonged economic decline
- boomLoud deep sound
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
productivity · stagnation · inflation · fiscal · monetary · industrialization · entrepreneurship · diversification · capital · quarterly
- biologycells, DNA, cell, biology, gene
- developmentprogress, advancement, expansion, improvement, enhancement
- growthincrease, increasing, expansion, expand, expanding
- financial termswealth, asset, currency, balance sheet, audit
- career successambition, drive, goals, promotions, raises
- emotional changehealing, heartbreak, falling in love, grief, recovery
growthshrinkage
Decrease in size
reduction · decrease · contraction · diminishment · decline
growthregression
Return to former state
decline · retrogression · stagnation · underdevelopment · regress
- grow upDevelop into adulthood
- growing upDeveloping into adulthood
- grown upReached full adulthood
- grow oldAdvance toward senescence
- grow a pairBecome braver, bolder
- growing oldBecoming more advanced in age
grow, growing, grown, grower, overgrown, growths, outgrowth, undergrowth, growers