multiplies

Grows by factors

Multiplies is the act of increasing in number or amount.

In arithmetic, to multiply is to add a number to itself a specified number of times: Three multiplied by four equals twelve.

Living things multiply by reproducing: Bacteria multiply rapidly in warm conditions.

Problems or opportunities can multiply, meaning they proliferate: Our troubles multiplied after the first setback.

reproduction

breeds

Cultivated animal varieties

procreates · proliferates · germinates · pollinates · fertilizes · mates · offspring · litter · brood · hatch

arithmetic

times

Occurrences or multiplications

calculator · double · triple · quadruple · square · cube · exponent · power · coefficient · algorithm

increase

grows

Increases in amount

compounds · swells · augments · accumulates · snowballs · accelerates · intensifies · magnifies · proliferates · scales

abundance

plentiful

Existing in abundance

proliferation · teeming · swarming · overflowing · bountiful · flourishing · thriving · fruitful · fertile · manifold

biology

mitosis

Nuclear division producing identical cells

metastasis · fission · cloning · DNA · chromosomes · embryo · zygote · splitting · binary fission · meiosis

Categories
Opposites
mathematical operation

multipliesdivides

Separates into parts

partitions · fractions · halves · quarters · division

quantity change

multipliesdecreases

Grows smaller in amount

diminishes · reduces · shrinks · lessens · dwindles

reproduction/proliferation

multipliesdies off

Gradually becomes extinct

dies out · dwindles · declines · diminishes · perishes

Phrases
Family

multiplication, multiplied, multiplier, multipliers, multiplicative

Familiarity
Top 20,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G