Synonyms of plant

plant 1 of 2

noun

as in factory

a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods

a furniture plant that employs hundreds of people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• factory
• mill
• shop
• works
• workshop
• manufactory
• workplace
• studio
• yard
• sweatshop
• workroom
• atelier

plant

2 of 2

verb

ˈplant 

1

as in to seed

to put or set into the ground to grow

I'll plant the marigold seeds in the spring

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seed
• put in
• drill
• transplant
• sow
• scatter
• replant
• bed
• pot
• broadcast
• reseed
• overseed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gather
• harvest
• reap

2

as in to establish

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of

soon the sect had planted churches across the breadth of the colony

Synonyms & Similar Words

• establish
• pioneer
• found
• initiate
• launch
• create
• introduce
• institute
• begin
• construct
• inaugurate
• start
• constitute
• originate
• organize
• innovate
• manufacture
• develop
• produce
• set up
• author
• invent
• fund
• devise
• finance
• make up
• cook (up)
• father
• expand
• conceive
• think (up)
• enlarge
• subsidize
• fabricate
• endow
• concoct
• arrange
• contrive
• systematize
• systemize
• reinitiate
• put up
• relaunch
• reinstitute
• refound

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• close (down)
• shut (up)
• stop
• phase out
• abolish
• nullify
• finish
• end
• terminate
• annul
• halt
• annihilate
• wind up
• round (off or out)
• wrap up

3

as in to breed

to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set

a profound respect for Mother Nature that had been planted by long experience with hurricanes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• breed
• root
• implant
• sow
• lodge
• embed
• inculcate
• inseminate
• instill
• drive
• enroot
• infix
• invest
• pound
• hammer
• imbed
• intrench
• inoculate
• infuse
• entrench
• steep
• imbue
• suffuse
• fix
• engrain
• ingrain

Examples of plant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Satellite images in recent years have indicated North Korea was expanding a uranium enrichment plant at its Yongbyon nuclear complex. —Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024

Early signs of fall foliage color change can be a sign of plant stress. —Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 13 Sep. 2024

Verb

Explosives were planted at a University of Michigan building, and a car blew up outside an R.O.T.C. office. —Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024

Planting trees can help address heat, but generations of kids will graduate elementary school by the time trees planted now grow enough to make a difference. —Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2024