PROLIFERATION: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for PROLIFERATION?

Need another word that means the same as “proliferation”? Find 14 synonyms and 30 related words for “proliferation” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Proliferation” are: increase, expansion, augmentation, multiplication, enlargement, amplification, mushrooming, snowballing, rise, escalation, rapid increase, growth, spread, buildout

Proliferation as a Noun

Definitions of "Proliferation" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “proliferation” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons.
• Rapid reproduction of a cell, part, or organism.
• Growth by the rapid multiplication of parts.
• Rapid increase in the number or amount of something.
• A large number of something.

Synonyms of "Proliferation" as a noun (14 Words)

amplification	The amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input. The words no real prospect of succeeding do not need any amplification.
augmentation	The action or process of making or becoming greater in size or amount. The augmentation of the curriculum with new subjects.
buildout	The growth, development, or expansion of something. The rapid buildout of digital technology.
enlargement	The state of being enlarged. Talks on the enlargement of the EU.
escalation	A rapid increase; a rise. An escalation of violence.
expansion	Adding information or detail. A small expansion of industry.
growth	The process of increasing in amount, value, or importance. All growths within the legally delimited Champagne zone are classified.
increase	The amount by which something increases. They proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare.
multiplication	The process or skill of multiplying. Repeated copying leads to a multiplication of errors.
mushrooming	Fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi. Our main concern is the mushrooming of unregulated hand car wash businesses.
rapid increase	A part of a river where the current is very fast.
rise	The property possessed by a slope or surface that rises. I gained the crest of a rise and saw the plain stretched out before me.
spread	A bedspread. The spread between lending and borrowing costs.

Usage Examples of "Proliferation" as a noun

• Stress levels are high, forcing upon them a proliferation of ailments.
• A continuing threat of nuclear proliferation.
• The proliferation of nuclear weapons.
• We attempted to measure cell proliferation.

Associations of "Proliferation" (30 Words)

asunder	Widely separated especially in space. Torn asunder.
broad	Broad in scope or content T G Winner. A broad political stance.
diffuse	Spread or diffuse through. The second argument is more diffuse.
diffusion	The intermingling of substances by the natural movement of their particles. The rapid diffusion of ideas and technology.
dispel	Make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear. Dispel doubts.
dispersal	The act of dispersing or diffusing something. Colleges had made large dispersals and the shops were filled with books.
disperse	Denoting a phase dispersed in another phase as in a colloid. Winds dispersed the radioactive cloud high in the atmosphere.
dispersed	Distributed or spread over a considerable extent. Has ties with many widely dispersed friends.
dispersion	Spreading widely or driving off. The study looks at the dispersion of earnings with OECD member countries.
disseminate	Spread (something, especially information) widely. There is a subset of these low grade tumours that can disseminate and migrate.
dissemination	The opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate. The dissemination of public information.
dissipate	Move away from each other. The cloud of smoke dissipated.
distribution	The commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer. Strength has two ingredients high cards and distribution.
diversify	Vary in order to spread risk or to expand. New plants will diversify the habitat.
effluence	The process of flowing out.
expand	Expand the influence of. Their business expanded into other hotels.
exponentially	(with reference to an increase) more and more rapidly. Values distributed exponentially according to a given time constant.
imbue	Fill soak or imbue totally. His works are invariably imbued with a sense of calm and serenity.
intersperse	Scatter among or between other things; place here and there. The debate was interspersed with angry exchanges.
peak	Reach a highest point, either of a specified value or at a specified time. The disease peaked in summer.
pervasiveness	The quality of spreading widely or being present throughout an area or a group of people. The pervasiveness of the odor of cabbage in tenement hallways.
proliferate	Increase rapidly in number; multiply. Pizza parlors proliferate in this area.
scatter	The act of scattering. He charged across the foyer scattering people.
scattered	Occurring or found at intervals or various locations rather than all together. The forecast is for scattered showers.
spray	Cover by spraying with a liquid. Spray water on someone.
spread	Become distributed or widespread. The violence spread from the city centre to the suburbs.
spreading	Act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time.
sprinkle	Rain gently. The rain grew from a mere sprinkle to a respectable drizzle.
strew	Cover (a surface or area) with untidily scattered things. Dead bodies strewed the ground.
suffuse	Cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across. His whole frame suffused with a cold dew.