rapid-growing

Swiftly increasing in size

Rapid-growing describes something that increases in size, number, or extent quickly: a rapid-growing company, rapid-growing concerns about inflation.

The hyphenated form typically appears before nouns.

Fast-growing means the same thing and is more common in everyday speech.

economic

expanding

Growing in scope

sector · market · industry · investment · revenue · scaling · venture · enterprise · GDP · development

botanical

bamboo

Tall woody grass

  • kudzuAggressive Asian climbing plant
  • willowNarrow-leaved waterside tree
  • poplarFast-growing deciduous timber

eucalyptus · invasive · seedling · sapling · germination · propagation · shoots · vines · groundcover · perennial

demographic

population

All inhabitants combined

census · density · fertility · settlement · expansion · suburb · megacity · immigration · youth · generation

biological

cell division

Parent splitting into offspring

organism · bacteria · colony · culture · mutation · replication · metabolism · mitosis · malignant · benign

Opposites
growth rate

rapid-growingslow-growing

Developing at leisurely pace

stagnant · sluggish · static · stunted · dormant

change trajectory

rapid-growingshrinking

Decreasing in dimension

declining · contracting · diminishing · dwindling · receding

Family

rapid, rapidly, rapidity, rapids, grow, growing, grows, grown, grower

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G