Vocabulaire

incipient

Adjectif

Exemple: “The company showed signs of incipient growth.”

Synonymes: emerging, early

Antonymes: developed

moribund

Adjectif

Exemple: “The company was moribund before the merger.”

Synonymes: dying, declining

Antonymes: thriving

accrue

Verbe

Exemple: “Interest will accrue over time.”

Synonymes: accumulate, build up

Antonymes: decrease

innovate

Verbe

Exemple: “Companies must innovate to grow.”

Synonymes: create, improve

Antonymes: copy

linear

Adjectif

Exemple: “The chart shows linear growth.”

Synonymes: straight, sequential

Antonymes: nonlinear

development

Nom

Exemple: “Development takes time.”

Synonymes: growth, progress

Antonymes: decline

management

Nom

Exemple: “Good management helps a company grow.”

Synonymes: administration, leadership

Antonymes: mismanagement

nutrition

Nom

Exemple: “Good nutrition is important.”

Synonymes: diet, food intake

Antonymes: malnutrition

industry

Nom

Exemple: “The industry is growing.”

Synonymes: business sector

Antonymes: agriculture

economy

Nom

Exemple: “The economy is growing.”

Synonymes: financial system

Antonymes: poverty

knowledge

Nom

Exemple: “Knowledge helps people grow.”

Synonymes: understanding, information

Antonymes: ignorance

farm

Nom

Exemple: “They live on a farm.”

Synonymes: ranch

Antonymes: city

garden

Nom

Exemple: “The children play in the garden.”

Synonymes: yard

menacingly

Adverbe

Exemple: “The dog growled menacingly.”

Synonymes: threateningly, ominously

Antonymes: harmlessly, gently

innovation

Nom

Exemple: “Innovation drives economic growth.”

Synonymes: invention, new idea

Antonymes: tradition, stagnation

enormously

Adverbe

Exemple: “The project has grown enormously in the past year.”

Synonymes: greatly, massively

Antonymes: slightly, barely

decomposition

Nom

Exemple: “Heat speeds up the decomposition of food.”

Synonymes: decay, breakdown

Antonymes: growth

boom

Nom

Exemple: “The city saw a tourism boom last year.”

Synonymes: growth, success surge

Antonymes: decline, crash

adult

Nom

Exemple: “Every adult must carry identification.”

Synonymes: grown-up

Antonymes: child

rose

Nom

Exemple: “He gave her a red rose.”

Synonymes: flower

Antonymes:

proliferate

Verbe

Exemple: “False stories tend to proliferate rapidly online.”

Synonymes: spread, multiply

Antonymes: decline, diminish

soil

Nom

Exemple: “These plants grow well in rich soil.”

Synonymes: earth, ground

Antonymes: air

figure

Nom

Exemple: “That figure in the chart shows our growth.”

Synonymes: number, shape

Antonymes: detail

proliferation

Nom

Exemple: “The proliferation of tools created fragmentation and confusion.”

Synonymes: rapid increase

Antonymes: decline

profitability

Nom

Exemple: “Growth without profitability is a fragile strategy.”

Synonymes: profit

Antonymes: loss

sustainably

Adverbe

Exemple: “The company aims to grow sustainably over the next decade.”

Synonymes: responsibly

Antonymes: recklessly

spring

Nom

Exemple: “Spring is warm.”

Synonymes: springtime

Antonymes: autumn

become

Verbe

Exemple: “I want to become a doctor.”

Synonymes: turn, grow

Antonymes: remain

rapid

Adjectif

Exemple: “There was rapid growth.”

Synonymes: fast

Antonymes: slow

plant

Nom

Exemple: “She watered the plant.”

Synonymes: flower

Antonymes:

harvest

Nom

Exemple: “Farmers collect the harvest.”

Synonymes: crop

Antonymes:

objective

Nom

Exemple: “Our main objective is growth.”

Synonymes: goal, aim

Antonymes: bias

expand

Verbe

Exemple: “The company plans to expand globally.”

Synonymes: grow, extend

Antonymes: shrink

develop

Verbe

Exemple: “The company developed quickly.”

Synonymes: grow, improve

Antonymes: decline

foster

/ˈfɑːstər/

Exemple: “Good leaders foster trust.”

Synonymes: nurture, surrogate, further

trend

/trend/

Exemple: “This trend is growing.”

Synonymes: slew, drift, slue

sustain

/səˈsteɪn/

Exemple: “We must sustain growth.”

Synonymes: affirm, support, corroborate

Antonymes: negate, contradict