Synonyms for overgrowth

Most common

gigantism · giantism

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else.

Forms

Plural

overgrowths → gigantisms, giantisms, growths, hyperplasias…

Example sentences

• growth Women, then, are only children of a larger growth.

Popularity over time

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

By length

6 letters

growth¹

8 letters

giantism

9 letters

gigantism

11 letters

hypertrophy⁴, hyperplasia⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hypertrophy⁴ = 4 syllables).

In other languages

Français

prolifération

Italiano

proliferazione

Deutsch

Wucherung