Proliferation Synonyms and Antonyms

The process by which an organism produces others of its kind
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. reproduction
  2. breeding
  3. multiplication
  4. procreation
  5. propagation
  6. spawning
  7. increase
The result or product of building up
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. increase
  2. accretion
  3. conception
  4. buildup
  5. development
  6. propagation
  7. enlargement
  8. generation
  9. multiplication
Antonyms:
  1. non-proliferation
  2. nonproliferation

Words Related to Proliferation

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. weaponisation
  2. militarisation
  3. commercialization
  4. terrorism
  5. weaponization
  6. fragmentation

Proliferation Sentence Examples

  • It may also take place where rapid proliferation of the cell is going on, as in the budding of the Yeast plant.

  • This phenomenon is known as proliferation of the floral axis.

  • If the white cells be required, as in local suppurating abscess, general septicaemia, acute pneumonia, &c., there is an active proliferation of the myelocytes to form the polymorpho-nuclear leucocytes, so that we have in this condition a leucoblastic transformation of the fatty marrow.

  • The ovary and testes are heaped-up masses of red or yellow cells due to a proliferation of the cells lining the coelom.

  • In some cases the inner layer is formed not by invagination but by proliferation or by de lamination.

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