Synonyms of skyrocketed

skyrocketed

verb

past tense of skyrocket

as in soared

to rise abruptly and rapidly

the crisis has caused oil prices to skyrocket

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soared
• increased
• surged
• rocketed
• peaked
• shot (up)
• swelled
• proliferated
• zoomed
• ballooned
• intensified
• escalated
• mushroomed
• multiplied
• expanded
• accumulated
• snowballed
• mounted
• enlarged
• waxed
• crested
• heightened
• built up
• appreciated
• burgeoned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plummeted
• plunged
• fell
• tumbled
• slumped
• collapsed
• decreased
• nose-dived
• dropped
• diminished
• waned
• lessened
• contracted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of skyrocketed

In its last few weeks, however, museum attendance skyrocketed and revenue was more than 20 times higher than last September. — Andrew Stelzer, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026

As with the general population, overdose deaths skyrocketed among young people beginning around 2019 and into the early 2020s. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026

Other recent charges have alleged that hundreds of investors were lured in by claims private fund advisers could grant them access to companies including Anduril, Anthropic, Perplexity, and others as valuations have skyrocketed. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

Prices for food and other goods have skyrocketed even as unemployment has risen and the currency, which hit a record low this week, has lost half its value. — Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026

The product quickly racked up millions of downloads and skyrocketed to the top of the Apple App Store. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

The country’s international sales of electric vehicles, batteries and solar panels have skyrocketed, as other countries seek to insulate themselves from oil market shocks. — Greg Pollock, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026

Yet Ilaria Resta, CEO of Audemars Piguet, said sales and interest in the brand have skyrocketed. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026

In a year, Chinese models’ global usage skyrocketed from less than 15% to over 54% last week, led by DeepSeek, according to AI leaderboard data by OpenRouter, a marketplace for models. — John Liu, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026