the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase.

size or stage of development

It hasn't yet reached its full growth.

completed development.

development from a simpler to a more complex stage

the growth of ritual forms.

development from another but related form or stage

the growth of the nation state.

something that has grown or developed by or as if by a natural process

a growth of stubborn weeds.

Pathology . an abnormal increase in a mass of tissue, as a tumor.

origin; source; production

onions of English growth.

of or denoting a business, industry, or equity security that grows or is expected to grow in value over a long period of time

a growth industry; a growth stock.

noun

abatement , decrease , diminishment , failure , lessening , reduction , stagnation , underdevelopment , atrophy , blasting , undevelopment

noun

advance , advancement , aggrandizement , augmentation , beefing up , boost , buildup , crop , cultivation , enlargement , evolution , evolvement , expansion , extension , fleshing out , flowering , gain , germination , heightening , hike , improvement , increase , maturation , maturing , multiplication , produce , production , proliferation , prosperity , rise , sprouting , stretching , success , surge , swell , thickening , unfolding , up , upping , vegetation , waxing , widening , cancer , cancroid , excrescence , fibrousness , fibrous tissue , fungus , lump , mole , outgrowth , parasite , polyp , swelling , wen , progress , amplification , augment , escalation , jump , raise , upsurge , upswing , upturn , accretion , development , excrescence hypertrophy , growing , increment , overgrowth , pullulation , tumor