Synonyms for growing pains
grow·ing pains

Princeton's WordNet

1. growing painsnoun

   pain in muscles or joints sometimes experienced by children and often attributed to rapid growth

2. growing painsnoun

   emotional distress arising during adolescence

3. growing painsnoun

   problems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages)

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1. • Pain
   • Trouble

Suggested Resources

1. growing pains

   Read the full text of the Growing Pains poem by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis on the Poetry.com website.

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1. Mike Golub:

   The MLS, its well documented, had its share of growing pains when it was still a toddler and a youth, if you will. So. I dont think any of us involved in the NWSL thought this was going to be an easy journey in establishing a viable womens league.

2. Peter Tuz:

   In an economy that still seems to have some growing pains, consistent growth is worth paying up for.

3. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi:

   The Myitsone dam is a commercial cooperation project, and had all its approvals completed. Difficulties in cooperation are 'growing pains'. Both countries will continue to proactively appropriately handle it, we have confidence in the future of Sino-Myanmar mutually beneficial cooperation.

4. Greg Block:

   We know there will be growing pains, but thousands of people are riding these things. Anytime we get somebody out of car and on scooter, that's better for everybody.

5. Paul Ryan:

   I think what you're seeing is we're going through the inevitable growing pains of being an opposition party to becoming a governing party.