Dictionary entries for 'growth'

Synonyms

growth (grōth)

noun

1. The process of growing.
2. Full development; maturity.
Development from a lower or simpler to a higher or more complex form; evolution.
An increase, as in size, number, value, or strength; extension or expansion: population growth.
Something that grows or has grown: a new growth of grass.
Pathology An abnormal mass of tissue, such as a tumor, growing in or on a living organism.
A result of growth; a product: concerns that are a growth of the new responsibilities.

Expected to have or investing in businesses expected to have higher-than-average increases in revenues and returns: a growth stock; a growth fund.