proliferating
Increasing in number
Proliferating means multiplying rapidly or spreading in increasing numbers.
Cells proliferate when they divide and reproduce.
Ideas, rumors, and weapons proliferate when they spread unchecked: Misinformation was proliferating across social media.
The word often carries a note of concern—things that proliferate tend to be difficult to control.
Increasing by constant ratio
- explosiveProne to sudden detonation
- rapidMoving with haste
- acceleratingIncreasing in speed
- burgeoningExpanding or developing rapidly
escalating · mushrooming · snowballing · compounding · geometric · runaway · uncontrolled · rampant
Transmissible between people
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- infectiousAble to spread disease
- transmissionSending of information
- dispersionScattering across space
dissemination · diffusion · permeation · invasion · penetration · infestation · colonization · scattering
Composed of small units
- mitosisNuclear division producing identical cells
- dividingSeparating into parts
- tumorousHaving abnormal growths
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
fission · metastasis · cancerous · budding · germination · sprouting · vegetative · regeneration
exponential
Increasing by constant ratio
- explosiveProne to sudden detonation
- rapidMoving with haste
- acceleratingIncreasing in speed
burgeoning · escalating · mushrooming · snowballing · compounding · geometric · runaway · uncontrolled · rampant · mounting
contagious
Transmissible between people
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- infectiousAble to spread disease
- transmissionSending of information
dispersion · dissemination · diffusion · permeation · invasion · penetration · infestation · colonization · scattering · circulation
cellular
Composed of small units
- mitosisNuclear division producing identical cells
- dividingSeparating into parts
- tumorousHaving abnormal growths
replication · fission · metastasis · cancerous · budding · germination · sprouting · vegetative · regeneration · cloning
thriving
Succeeding vigorously
- boomingExperiencing rapid growth
- blossomingBeginning to flower
- burstingBreaking from internal pressure
teeming · abundant · fertile · fecund · luxuriant · lush · vigorous · robust · healthy · productive
- tissue stateshealthy, diseased, inflamed, necrotic, viable
- disseminatingspreading, sharing, broadcasting, publishing, circulating
proliferatingdiminishing
Becoming progressively less
decreasing · dwindling · shrinking · declining · waning
- nuclear proliferationWeapons capability spreading internationally
- nuclear non-proliferationRestricting atomic weapons spread