- growth
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)n. development, evolution, increase; adulthood, maturity; harvest, crop, produce, yield; flora, vegetable; tumor, cancer, node, polyp, mole, tubercule, cyst, excrescence, swelling, protuberance, wen. See disease, convexity, expansion.II(Roget's IV) n.1. [The process of growing]Syn. extension, organic development, germination; see increase 1 .2. [The result of growing]3. [An organic excrescence]Syn. tumor, cancer, swelling, mass, lump, mole, fungus, parasite, outgrowth, button, thickening, fibrousness, fribrous tissue, cancroid, X-ray shadow; see also bulge .III(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.1. development spread, increase, expansion, lengthening, branching out, maturing, burgeoning, progress, germination, blossoming, blooming, evolution.2. tumor mass, lump, cancer.IV(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. A progression from a simple form to a more complex one: development, evolution, evolve-ment, progress, unfolding. See CHANGE. 2. The act of increasing or rising: aggrandizement, amplification, augment, augmentation, boost, buildup, enlargement, escalation, hike, increase, jump, multiplication, proliferation, raise, rise, swell, upsurge, upswing, upturn. See INCREASE.
English dictionary for students. 2013.