Synonyms of skyrocketing

skyrocketing

verb

present participle of skyrocket

as in soaring

to rise abruptly and rapidly

the crisis has caused oil prices to skyrocket

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soaring
• increasing
• rocketing
• surging
• shooting (up)
• peaking
• ballooning
• swelling
• mushrooming
• escalating
• zooming
• proliferating
• snowballing
• intensifying
• multiplying
• mounting
• bourgeoning
• burgeoning
• expanding
• accumulating
• cresting
• waxing
• enlarging
• heightening
• appreciating
• building up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plummeting
• plunging
• tumbling
• falling
• slumping
• collapsing
• decreasing
• nose-diving
• diminishing
• dropping
• waning
• contracting
• lessening

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of skyrocketing

Creatives are unleashing their innovative skills and using them to benefit businesses worldwide, with skyrocketing demand in areas such as video production and editing, and content creation and marketing. —Rachel Wells, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025

Last July, when Team Ueda raised rates to the highest since 2008, a skyrocketing yen panicked Nikkei investors. —William Pesek, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025

Over the past three years, homicides in Chicago have fallen 29% after skyrocketing 55% between 2019 and 2020 to 769 murders. —Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2024

Seeking a durable second pair upgrade — and ideally a player with term — is an enormously difficult proposition on the trade market, especially given the skyrocketing price of blue-line help. —Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024

The gap between wage stagnation and skyrocketing housing prices has left many working-class families feeling sidelined, wondering if homeownership is even an attainable dream anymore. —Rodolfo Delgado, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024

Carter entered office at a moment when health care spending was skyrocketing. —Guian McKee / Made By History, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024

In an amazing series of posts, Chen shows screenshots of his $MIRA holdings skyrocketing from a few thousand dollars to a few million over the course of a few hours. —Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024

For years, American obesity rates have been skyrocketing. —David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024