outgrowth[noun]Synonyms: excrescence, excrescency, process, processus, by-product, derivative, descendant, offshoot, spin-off
Contrasted words: origin, root, source, antecedent, cause, determinant
Related Words: enlargement,
prolongation,
swelling,
offshoot,
shoot,
branch,
member,
child,
offspring,
product,
aftereffect,
consequence,
effect,
issue,
outcome,
result [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
out‧growth /ˈaʊtɡrəʊθ $ -ɡroʊθ/
noun [countable] [
Word Family: noun:
grower,
growth,
undergrowth,
outgrowth,
overgrowth;
adjective: growing,
grown,
overgrown;
verb:
grow,
outgrow]
1. something that develops from something else, as a natural result of it
outgrowth of
Crime is often an outgrowth of poverty.2. technical something that grows out of something else
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲