Standard Lemma guide

regrowth

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

That which has been regrown after removal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • After the forest fire, much of the regrowth consisted of invasive non-native plant species.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The process of regrowing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • The eventual regrowth of the forest to its primeval state will take centuries, if not millennia.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English growth English regrowth From re- + growth.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Māori: ururua — vegetation that returns to an area after the origin vegetation has been removed
  • Māori: waiheuheu — vegetation that returns to an area after the origin vegetation has been removed
  • Māori: pariri — vegetation that returns to an area after the origin vegetation has been removed