English Synonym Finder

proliferate

Definitions

To increase rapidly in numbers; multiply.

To reproduce rapidly, as in the case of cells or organisms.

Examples

The company hopes to proliferate its new software across international markets by the end of the year.

Without proper regulation, misinformation can proliferate rapidly on social media platforms.

Small businesses began to proliferate in the downtown area after the city renovated the historic district.

Synonyms

multiply expand burgeon mushroom increase propagate spread

Antonyms

decrease diminish dwindle shrink contract wane decline