Proliferate Definition

To increase rapidly and abundantly; to multiply or spread quickly.

Common in formal, academic, scientific, and journalistic prose.

Proliferate is a verb.

Proliferate has high GRE relevance.

Proliferate appears in GregMat vocabulary.

Proliferate Synonyms

expand , increase , multiply , mushroom , spread

How To Use Proliferate In A Sentence

  1. Online misinformation can proliferate rapidly during a crisis.
  2. Small businesses began to proliferate after the regulatory barriers were removed.
  3. Rumors proliferated throughout the organization despite the official denial.
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