growth spurt
Sudden height increase
A growth spurt is a period of rapid physical development, especially in children and adolescents who may gain several inches in height over months: He shot up six inches during a growth spurt last summer.
The term extends to any sudden acceleration—economic growth spurts, spurts in learning or skill acquisition.
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- pubertySexual development stage
- awkwardnessLack of grace or ease
- high schoolUpper secondary institution
- middle schoolGrades 6-8 institution
voice cracking · acne · braces · peer pressure · self-discovery · identity · rebellion · teen
Increase in scope
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- boomLoud deep sound
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- accelerationRate velocity changes
escalation · upturn · upswing · blossoming · flourishing · burgeoning · skyrocketing · explosion
Brain-base hormone producer
- hormonesBloodstream signaling molecules
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
- estrogenFemale reproductive hormone
- bone densityMineral content per volume
muscle mass · height increase · calcium intake · nutrition · genetics · endocrine · thyroid · menarche
Vertical extent upward
- shoe sizeFootwear fitting dimension
- clumsinessLack of physical grace
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- appetite increaseHeightened desire for food
sleepiness · hand size · lanky · gangly · beanpole · shooting up · towering
teenager
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- pubertySexual development stage
- awkwardnessLack of grace or ease
- high schoolUpper secondary institution
middle school · voice cracking · acne · braces · peer pressure · self-discovery · identity · rebellion · teen · youth
expansion
Increase in scope
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- boomLoud deep sound
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
acceleration · escalation · upturn · upswing · blossoming · flourishing · burgeoning · skyrocketing · explosion · takeoff
pituitary gland
Brain-base hormone producer
- hormonesBloodstream signaling molecules
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
- estrogenFemale reproductive hormone
bone density · muscle mass · height increase · calcium intake · nutrition · genetics · endocrine · thyroid · menarche · cartilage
height
Vertical extent upward
- shoe sizeFootwear fitting dimension
- clumsinessLack of physical grace
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
appetite increase · sleepiness · hand size · lanky · gangly · beanpole · shooting up · towering
- childhoodchildhood, baby, child, kid, toys
- animal growthlife cycle, metamorphosis, larva, pupa, tadpole
- Economic Growthexpansion, prosperity, boom, upturn, upswing
- Growth Metricspercent change, year over year, retention rate, churn rate, attrition rate
- developmentprogress, advancement, expansion, improvement, enhancement
- growthincrease, increasing, expansion, expand, expanding
growth spurtshrinkage
Decrease in size
decline · wasting · atrophy · weight loss · regression
growth spurtstagnation
Absence of flow or progress
plateau · stunted growth · arrested development · dormancy · stasis
grow, growth, growing, grown, sprout, grew, spurt, grower, outgrowth