grow | Definition of grow

Synonyms and Antonyms of grow

1 to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care

a dedicated home gardener who grows tomatoes in her small garden every summer

Synonyms of grow

crop, cultivate, culture, dress, promote, raise, rear, tend

Words Related to grow

breed, produce, propagate

gather, glean, harvest, reap

germinate, quicken, ripen, root, sprout

Near Antonyms of grow

dig, extirpate, pick, pluck, pull (up), uproot

2 to become mature

you've grown so much since we last saw each other

Synonyms of grow

age, develop, grow up, mature, progress, ripen

Words Related to grow

bloom, blossom, burgeon (also bourgeon), flourish, flower

advance, evolve

get along, get on, gray (also grey)

Near Antonyms of grow

decay, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, sink, worsen

droop, dry, fade, flag, sag, shrivel, wane, waste (away), weaken, wilt, wither

regress, retrogress, revert

backslide, lapse, return

3 to eventually have as a state or quality

he will grow angry if we don't answer his question

Synonyms of grow

become, come, get, go, run, turn, wax

Words Related to grow

alter, change, metamorphose, modify, mutate, transfigure, transform, transmute

Near Antonyms of grow

abide, be, continue, linger, remain, stay