Antonyms for growth

Grammar : Noun

Spell : grohth

Phonetic Transcription : groʊθ

Definition of growth

Origin : 1550s, from grow + -th (2), on model of health, stealth, etc. Cf. Old Norse groði, from groa "to grow." In this sense, Old English used grownes.

noun development, progress
noun tumor

Example sentences :

That it is one tree seems to be evident from the growth of the bark only on the outside.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

That we pass out of this phase of being as we came into it, for Growth.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

It must be a stage in its growth or it would not come into it.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

In growth all is adjusted to capacity; it is not meant to shock, force, or frighten.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

To the seeing eye decay is as fair as growth, and death as life.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

He was now forty-five years of age, the forces of youth and growth had left him.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

The question is, How was the land surface formed for the growth of plants?
Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various

The growth of the Hebrew idea was somewhat parallel to this.
Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell

We repeat that we are not much concerned with the growth of the idea of the power of God.
Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell

What the moral ends were depended upon the growth of the moral ideal.
Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell

Synonyms for growth

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