Word Type

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "grow" can be used as verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

diminish get smaller getting getting smaller recede shrink smaller stagnant wilt

Derived Terms

Babygro absence makes the heart grow fonder degrow edgrow ever-growing fast-growing forgrow fungus-growing ant great oaks from little acorns grow grow a custom grow a pair grow a set grow a tail grow apart grow away from grow box grow cold grow house grow into grow light grow like a weed grow on grow op grow operation grow out grow out of grow room grow some balls grow some skin grow up grow-op growability growable growbag growed grower growery growing media growing moon growing pains growing point growing teratoma syndrome growmore grown-up growsome growstones growth hear the grass grow ingrow intergrow kneegrow laugh and grow fat let the grass grow round one's feet let the grass grow under one's feet low-growing mighty oaks from little acorns grow misgrow money doesn't grow on trees not grow on trees outgrow overgrow regrow tall oaks from little acorns grow the fox may grow grey but never good undergrow ungrow upgrow watch grass grow

Distinct From

shrink

Context

farming

Prerequisites

wait

Has Property

anonymous

Subevents

get bigger get more powerful get smarter get taller

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

become change cultivate develop foster further increase make grow

Type Of (IsA)

world community mental health movement

Manner Of

change cultivate develop increase

Receives Action

structured

Related Terms

act action activity age aging agricultural agricultural action and development appear assume become become big become bigger become larger becoming becoming old big bigger biological biological gaining change childhood children cultivate develop develop seed development do enlarge enlargement enlarging evolving expand expanding expansion flourish for plants fruit gaining garden germinate germinating get bigger get larger get taller getting getting bigger getting longer getting smaller getting taller height inches increase increase height increase size increasing increasing plants larger living living things longer make make bigger mature maturing maturity movement natural natural action natural increase nice of enlargement old plant plant action plant activity plant development plant enlarging plant increasing plant size plants plants activity plants bigger plants children plants do plants germinating process raise raise plants rising seed seed rising seeds seeds do size size change small small to smaller sprout tall taller tree tree activity upward upward movement vegetables vegetables fruit

Similar Terms

acquire change state develop evolve turn

Synonym Network

develop mature originate turn

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.