growth

Meanings

Noun

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
• a progression from simpler to more complex forms
  • "the growth of culture"
• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
  • "the growth of population"
• vegetation that has grown
  • "a growth of trees"
  • "the only growth was some salt grass"
• the gradual beginning or coming forth
• (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
• something grown or growing
  • "a growth of hair"

Synonyms

development, emergence, growing, increase, increment, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny, outgrowth

Antonyms

decrease, decrement, nondevelopment