growing

noun

How many syllables in growing?

There are 2 syllables in the word growing.

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Divide growing into syllables:

grow · ing

How to pronounce growing:

Definition of growing:

growing (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.

Synonyms for growing:

booming

coming

developing

escalating

expanding

gangbuster

increasing

multiplying

on the increase

on the rise

proliferating

promising

roaring

robust

runaway

spreading

thriving

Antonyms for growing:

collapsing

contracting

crumbling

declining

decreasing

depreciating

descending

deteriorating

diminishing

dipping

dropping

dwindling

dying

fading

failing

falling

gradually reducing

languishing

lessening

lowering

plummeting

plunging

reducing

shrinking

subsiding

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