Synonyms for outgrowth

Most common

growth · emergence · branch · offshoot · appendage · consequence · excrescence

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   Anything that grows out of something else. A branch or offshoot of a plant.

2. n. 2

   Anything that grows out of something else. An appendage of an animal.

3. n. 3

   Anything that grows out of something else. A byproduct or consequence of an action or event.

Forms

Plural

outgrowths → growths, developments, emergences, offshoots…

Example sentences

• growth Women, then, are only children of a larger growth.
• emergence Morocco is concerned about Algeria's emergence.
• branch Some birds are sitting on the branch of that tree.
• offshoot The company was an offshoot of his original start-up.
• appendage May you be touched by His Noodly Appendage.
• consequence He changed his mind in consequence of the marriage.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters

fruit¹

6 letters

growth¹, branch¹

7 letters

process², outcome²

8 letters

offshoot²

9 letters

emergence³, appendage³

11 letters

development⁴, consequence³, excrescence

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (process² = 2 syllables).