Noun

Singular growth

Plural growths

growth (plural growths)

1. an increase in size, number, value, or strength

   Growth was dampened by a softening of the global economy in 2001, but picked up in the subsequent years due to strong growth in China.

2. (biology) the act of growing, getting bigger or higher
3. (biology) something that grows or has grown
4. (pathology) an abnormal mass such as a tumor

Synonyms

• (increase in size): enlargement, expansion, increase, increment
• (act of growing): development, maturation
• (something that grows or has grown): vegetation
• (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor): outgrowth, cancer, mass

Antonyms

• (increase in size): contraction, decrease, decrement, reduction
• (act of growing): nondevelopment

Hyponyms

• (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor): tumor

Derived terms

• overgrowth
• undergrowth

Growth refers to an increase in some quantity over time. The quantity can be:

• Physical (e.g., growth in height, growth in an amount of money)
• Abstract (e.g., a system becoming more complex, an organism becoming more mature).

It can also refer to the mode of growth, i.e. numeric models for describing how much a particular quantity grows over time.

Biology

• Cell growth
• A tumour is sometimes referred to as a "growth"
• Bacterial growth
• Fungal growth
• Human development (biology)
• Growth hormone
• Growth "spurt" (rapid change in puberty)
• Auxology (Human development)

Social Science

• Human development (humanity)
• Human development (psychology)
• Personal development ("Personal growth")
• Individual growth
• Population growth

Economy

• Economic growth
• For financial growth due to simple interest or compound interest see Interest
• Growth investing