Growth

//ɡɹoʊθ//

Synonyms for "growth" (270 found)

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Closest matches (54)

Strong matches (81)

Related words (135)

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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derived from

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etymologically related_to

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has context

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related to

34 entries

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Translations

184 translations across 67 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • αὔξησις noun (increase in size)
  • φῦμα noun (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor)

Arabic

2 entries
  • تَنْمِيَة noun (increase in size)
  • نُمُو noun (increase in size)

Armenian

2 entries
  • աճ noun (increase in size)
  • աճ noun (act of growing)

Asturian

1 entries
  • crecimientu noun (increase in size)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • artma noun (increase in size)
  • artma noun (increase in size)
  • artım noun (something that grows or has grown)
  • boy atma noun (increase in size)

Bashkir

3 entries
  • ҙурайыу noun (increase in size)
  • үҫеш noun (increase in size)
  • үҫеш noun (act of growing)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • рост noun (increase in size)

Breton

1 entries
  • kresk noun (increase in size)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • нара́стване noun (act of growing)
  • расте́ж noun (increase in size)
  • ръст noun (increase in size)

Catalan

1 entries
  • creixement noun (increase in size)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 生長 /生长 noun (increase in size)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 生長 /生长 noun (increase in size)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 生長 /生长 noun (increase in size)

Czech

4 entries
  • bujení noun (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor)
  • nárůst noun (increase in size)
  • porost noun (something that grows or has grown)
  • růst noun (increase in size)

Danish

3 entries
  • vækst noun (increase in size)
  • vækst noun (something that grows or has grown)
  • vækst noun (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor)

Dutch

4 entries
  • groei noun (increase in size)
  • groei noun (act of growing)
  • groei noun (something that grows or has grown)
  • toename noun (increase in size)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • kreskaĵo noun (something that grows or has grown)
  • kreskiĝo noun (increase in size)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kasv noun (increase in size)

Faroese

2 entries
  • grøði noun (something that grows or has grown)
  • vøkstur noun (increase in size)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kasvain noun (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor)
  • kasvannainen noun (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor)
  • kasvu noun (increase in size)
  • kasvu noun (act of growing)

French

2 entries
  • croissance noun (increase in size)
  • croissance noun (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor)

Galician

1 entries
  • crecemento noun (increase in size)

Georgian

4 entries
  • გაზრდა noun (increase in size)
  • გაზრდა noun (act of growing)
  • ზრდა noun (increase in size)
  • ზრდა noun (act of growing)

German

4 entries
  • Bewucherung noun (something that grows or has grown)
  • Bewuchs noun (something that grows or has grown)
  • Geschwulst noun (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor)
  • Vegetation noun (something that grows or has grown)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌿𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐍄𐍃 noun (increase in size)

Greek

1 entries
  • ανάπτυξη noun (increase in size)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • גִּדּוּל noun (something that grows or has grown)
  • גִּדּוּל noun (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor)
  • גדילה noun (increase in size)
  • צמחייה noun (something that grows or has grown)

Hindi

3 entries
  • वर्धन noun (increase in size)
  • वर्धन noun (act of growing)
  • विकास noun (increase in size)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • növekedés noun (increase in size)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pertumbuhan noun (act of growing)

Irish

4 entries
  • borrúlacht noun (increase in size)
  • borrúlacht noun (act of growing)
  • breisiú noun (act of growing)
  • forás noun (increase in size)

Italian

4 entries
  • accrescimento noun (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor)
  • crescita noun (increase in size)
  • crescita noun (act of growing)
  • crescita noun (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 成長 noun (increase in size)
  • 生長 noun (increase in size)

Korean

2 entries
  • 생장 noun (increase in size)
  • 성장 noun (increase in size)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • өсүм noun (increase in size)

Latin

1 entries
  • auctus noun (increase in size)

Latvian

2 entries
  • augšana noun (increase in size)
  • izaugsme noun (increase in size)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • augimas noun (increase in size)

Luxemburgish

1 entries
  • Wuesstem noun (increase in size)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • израсток noun (something that grows or has grown)
  • израсток noun (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor)
  • развој noun (increase in size)
  • раст noun (increase in size)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • വളർച്ച noun (increase in size)
  • വളർച്ച noun (act of growing)

Middle English

3 entries
  • encres noun (increase in size)
  • waxynge noun (increase in size)
  • waxynge noun (act of growing)

Māori

1 entries
  • ngene noun (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • gewrebûn noun (increase in size)
  • girbûn noun (increase in size)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • framvekst noun (increase in size)
  • vekst noun (increase in size)
  • vekst noun (act of growing)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • framvekst noun (increase in size)
  • vekst noun (increase in size)

Occitan

1 entries
  • creissença noun (increase in size)

Old English

1 entries
  • æþelu noun (increase in size)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • vǫxtr noun (increase in size)

Persian

3 entries
  • رشد noun (increase in size)
  • رویش noun (act of growing)
  • وخشش noun (increase in size)

Polish

4 entries
  • narośl noun (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor)
  • rozwój noun (increase in size)
  • rośnięcie noun (act of growing)
  • wzrastanie noun (act of growing)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • acréscimo noun (increase in size)
  • crescimento noun (increase in size)
  • crescimento noun (act of growing)
  • crescimento noun (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor)

Russian

4 entries
  • возраста́ние noun (act of growing)
  • наро́ст noun (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor)
  • отро́сток noun (something that grows or has grown)
  • по́росль noun (something that grows or has grown)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • उपचय noun (increase in size)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • fàs noun (increase in size)
  • fàs noun (act of growing)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • rȃst noun (increase in size)
  • ра̑ст noun (increase in size)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • crìscita noun (increase in size)
  • crìscita noun (act of growing)

Slovak

3 entries
  • rast noun (increase in size)
  • rast noun (act of growing)
  • vzrast noun (increase in size)

Slovene

4 entries
  • porast noun (increase in size)
  • rast noun (increase in size)
  • rast noun (act of growing)
  • rastje noun (something that grows or has grown)

Spanish

3 entries
  • crecimiento noun (increase in size)
  • crecimiento noun (act of growing)
  • crecimiento noun (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor)

Swahili

2 entries
  • ukuaji noun (increase in size)
  • ukuaji noun (act of growing)

Swedish

4 entries
  • stigande noun (increase in size)
  • svulst noun (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor)
  • tilltagande noun (increase in size)
  • tillväxt noun (increase in size)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • tsamo noun (increase in size)

Turkish

2 entries
  • büyüme noun (increase in size)
  • büyüme noun (act of growing)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • прирі́ст noun (act of growing)
  • ріст noun (increase in size)

Welsh

2 entries
  • cynnydd noun (increase in size)
  • twf noun (act of growing)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • groei c oanwaaks noun (increase in size)
  • groei c oanwaaks noun (act of growing)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Fair competition is necessary for the healthy growth of industry.

Source: tatoeba (18874)

More money for education will spur economic growth.

Source: tatoeba (19132)

The climate affected the growth of trees and plants.

Source: tatoeba (20331)

The construction of a highway will contribute to the growth of the suburbs.

Source: tatoeba (21073)

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