1. regulator
noun. ['ˈrɛgjəˌleɪtɝ'] any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc..
Synonyms
- sluicegate
- sluice valve
- control
- ballcock
- thermostat
- peg
- thermoregulator
- draft
- head gate
- safety valve
- escape valve
- floodgate
- register
- spigot
- penstock
- escape cock
- controller
- escape
- faucet
- petcock
- aperture
- water gate
- ball cock
Antonyms
- unskillfulness
- fail
- destabilize
- destabilise
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Words that Rhyme with Growth Regulator
Example sentences of the word growth-regulator
1. Noun Phrase
Apply an insect growth regulator such as pyriproxyfen to flea eggs that remain in soil and between patio pavers.
2. Noun Phrase
Apply a growth regulator to the entire lawn or just the patches of Bahia grass.
3. Noun Phrase
It is an insect growth regulator or IGR.
4. Noun Phrase
Another product to use is a growth regulator, which prevents fleas from having offspring.
2. regulator
noun. ['ˈrɛgjəˌleɪtɝ'] a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel).
Synonyms
- control
- flywheel
- governor
- controller
Antonyms
- derestrict
- powerlessness
- unrestraint
- indiscipline
3. regulator
noun. ['ˈrɛgjəˌleɪtɝ'] an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest.
Synonyms
- functionary
Antonyms
- discharge
- demobilization
4. growth
noun. ['ˈgroʊθ'] (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level.
Synonyms
- cainogenesis
- gametogenesis
- organic process
- life cycle
- maturation
- habit
- palingenesis
- psychosexual development
- proliferation
- vegetation
- caenogenesis
- cohesion
- florescence
- apposition
- angiogenesis
- virilisation
- psychogenesis
- development
- germination
- suppression
- leafing
- odontiasis
- cytogeny
- masculinization
- virilization
- sprouting
- neurogenesis
- masculinisation
- infructescence
- fructification
- myelinization
- recapitulation
- teething
- juvenescence
- gastrulation
- biological process
- kainogenesis
- rooting
- myelinisation
- ontogenesis
- auxesis
- cenogenesis
- foliation
- psychomotor development
- cultivation
- amelogenesis
- inflorescence
- cytogenesis
- flowering
- ontogeny
- anthesis
- efflorescence
- teratogenesis
- culture
- growing
- dentition
- blossoming
- intussusception
- kenogenesis
Antonyms
- nondevelopment
- palingenesis
- disagreement
- de-escalate
Etymology
- -th (English)
- -th (Middle English (1100-1500))
- grow (English)
- growen (Middle English (1100-1500))
5. growth
noun. ['ˈgroʊθ'] a progression from simpler to more complex forms.
Synonyms
- development
Antonyms
- reduce
- minimize
Etymology
- -th (English)
- -th (Middle English (1100-1500))
- grow (English)
- growen (Middle English (1100-1500))
6. growth
noun. ['ˈgroʊθ'] a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important.
Synonyms
- widening
- pullulation
- proliferation
- multiplication
- broadening
- accession
- increase
- process
- physical process
- accumulation
- accretion
- relaxation
- population growth
Antonyms
- decrease
- nonproliferation
- decrement
- non-proliferation
Etymology
- -th (English)
- -th (Middle English (1100-1500))
- grow (English)
- growen (Middle English (1100-1500))
7. growth
noun. ['ˈgroʊθ'] vegetation that has grown.
Synonyms
- flora
- vegetation
Antonyms
- development
- undress
- incoherence
Etymology
- -th (English)
- -th (Middle English (1100-1500))
- grow (English)
- growen (Middle English (1100-1500))
8. growth
noun. ['ˈgroʊθ'] the gradual beginning or coming forth.
Synonyms
- emergence
- rise
- outgrowth
Antonyms
- fall
- anovulation
- ovulation
- anabolism
Etymology
- -th (English)
- -th (Middle English (1100-1500))
- grow (English)
- growen (Middle English (1100-1500))
9. growth
noun. ['ˈgroʊθ'] (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor).
Synonyms
- tumour
- malady
- sickness
- unwellness
- hamartoma
- excrescence
- polyp
- neoplasm
- tumor
- polypus
- illness
- exostosis
Antonyms
- minimise
- shorten
- wane
- narrow
Etymology
- -th (English)
- -th (Middle English (1100-1500))
- grow (English)
- growen (Middle English (1100-1500))
10. growth
noun. ['ˈgroʊθ'] something grown or growing.
Synonyms
- physical object
- object
Antonyms
- disconnectedness
- decline
- imperfection
Etymology
- -th (English)
- -th (Middle English (1100-1500))
- grow (English)
- growen (Middle English (1100-1500))