'Proliferate' definitions:
Definition of 'proliferate'
From: WordNet
verb
Grow rapidly; "Pizza parlors proliferate in this area"
verb
Cause to grow or increase rapidly; "We must not proliferate nuclear arms"
Definition of 'Proliferate'
From: GCIDE
- Proliferate \Pro*lif"er*ate\, v. t. [L. proles offspring + ferre to bear.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. (Biol.) To produce or form cells; especially, to produce cells rapidly. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) To produce zooids by budding. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'proliferate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abound,
- accrue,
- accumulate,
- advance,
- appreciate,
- balloon,
- be fruitful,
- be productive,
- beget,
- bloat,
- boom,
- breed,
- breed true,
- bristle with,
- broaden,
- burgeon,
- copulate,
- crawl with,
- creep with,
- crescendo,
- crossbreed,
- develop,
- engender,
- exuberate,
- father,
- flow,
- fructify,
- gain,
- gain strength,
- generate,
- get,
- get ahead,
- go up,
- grow,
- gush,
- inbreed,
- increase,
- intensify,
- make love,
- mother,
- mount,
- multiply,
- mushroom,
- outbreed,
- overflow,
- pour,
- procreate,
- propagate,
- pullulate,
- rain,
- reproduce,
- reproduce in kind,
- rise,
- run over,
- run up,
- shoot up,
- shower,
- sire,
- snowball,
- spread,
- stream,
- strengthen,
- swarm with,
- swell,
- teem,
- teem with,
- wax,
- widen