GROWTH

n. 1 development, evolution, evolvement, cultivation, nurturing, increase, expansion, broadening, extension, enlargement, spread, proliferation, flowering The growth of education was a slow and painful process 2 vegetation, crop The area is covered with a dense growth of timber 3 advance, advancement, success, improvement, expansion, rise, progress The growth of the economy has slowed down in the last quarter 4 wen, excrescence, wart, lump, tumour, swelling, intumescence He developed an ugly growth on his nose