growth

Definition of growth

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -əʊθ

Etymology

grow + -th

Noun

growth (plural growths)

1. an increase in size, number, value, or strength
   
   Growth was dampened by a softening of the global economy in 2001, but picked up in the subsequent years due to strong growth in China.
2. (biology) the act of growing, getting bigger or higher
3. (biology) something that grows or has grown
4. (pathology) an abnormal mass such as a tumor

Synonyms

• (increase in size): enlargement, expansion, increase, increment
• (act of growing): development, maturation
• (something that grows or has grown): vegetation
• (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor): outgrowth, cancer, mass

Antonyms

• (increase in size): contraction, decrease, decrement, reduction
• (act of growing): nondevelopment

Hyponyms

• (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor): tumor

Derived terms

• overgrowth
• undergrowth