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

The Lotte sticks out from its Downtown surroundings, the shiny glass of the tower skyrocketing up from the otherwise ordinary city streets. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

The union’s foremost demand has been a contract that guarantees wages commensurate with the skyrocketing cost of living for a single adult New Yorker. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

On top of the material costs, Porter has been hit with skyrocketing diesel prices — a product needed every step of the way in her operation from producing to harvesting to transporting. — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Anderson is a 20-year NFL veteran with a strong money-generating background that has drawn the attention of the skyrocketing WNBA. — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

That sent premium payments skyrocketing for many enrollees, particularly middle-income folks, for 2026. — Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

From a middle-class Massachusetts family, Cook first took the mic in Boston as a teenager, skyrocketing to fame by the mid-2000s with a uniquely hands-on approach to building his fan base on MySpace. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026

States that have legalized sports betting derive billions of dollars in revenue from it — even as research shows that gambling disorder diagnoses are skyrocketing in those places. — Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 26 Sep. 2026

Despite years of efforts, the skyrocketing costs of healthcare have risen to the point that both the state and federal governments have been unable to fully solve it. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026