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Growth

/ɡɹəʊθ/

An increase in size, number, value, or strength.

📖 Definitions of "Growth"

noun

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
The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
3
Something that grows or has grown.
4
An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
developmentnoun	(uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
emergencenoun	The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.
outgrowthnoun	Anything that grows out of something else.
incrementnoun	The action of increasing or becoming greater.
ontogenesisnoun	The generation and development of an individual organism from fertilization to adulthood.
ontogenynoun	Synonym of ontogenesis.
maturationnoun	The process of becoming mature.
growingnoun	growth; increase
increasenoun	(intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
decreasenoun	(intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
decrementnoun	(uncountable) The subtraction itself; decrease.
nondevelopmentnoun	Lack of development, or failure to develop.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
growingnoun	growth; increase
increasenoun	An amount by which a quantity is increased.
incrementnoun	The action of increasing or becoming greater.
emergencenoun	The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.
developmentnoun	(uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
maturationnoun	The process of becoming mature.
ontogenynoun	Synonym of ontogenesis.
ontogenesisnoun	The generation and development of an individual organism from fertilization to adulthood.
outgrowthnoun	Anything that grows out of something else.
grownoun	(ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
increasingnoun	(knitting) An increase.
enlargementnoun	An act or instance of making something larger.
expandverb	(transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
augmentationnoun	The act or process of augmenting.
extensionnoun	The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase.
enhancementnoun	An improvement or supplement that tends to increase a sense of esteem.
wideningnoun	The action of the verb widen.
intensificationnoun	The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.
spreadnoun	The act of spreading.
accretionnoun	(uncountable, also figurative) Increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; organic growth; also, the amount of such growth.