skyrockets

Rises extremely fast

Skyrockets are fireworks that shoot upward and explode in a burst of light.

The verb skyrocket means to rise rapidly and dramatically: Gas prices skyrocketed overnight, Her popularity skyrocketed after the interview.

The image is of sudden, steep ascent—costs skyrocket, tensions skyrocket, careers skyrocket.

pyrotechnics

firework

Explosive celebration device

display · launch · finale · illumination · sparkle · trail · explosion · fuse · mortar · shell

celebration

fireworks

Explosive light displays

spectacle · display · fanfare · finale · jubilee · commemoration · gala · revelry · extravaganza · Diwali

surge

soar

Ascend to heights

rise · spike · jump · boom · balloon · shoot up · leap · accelerate · multiply · explode

Opposites
direction and speed of change

skyrocketsplummets

Falls straight down fast

plunges · nosedives · crashes · tanks · collapses

rate of change

skyrocketsstagnates

Ceases movement or progress

flatlines · plateaus · crawls · inches · creeps

Family

skyrocket, skyrocketing, skyrocketed

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G