mushrooming

ADJECTIVE

flourishing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blooming burgeoning expanding growing prosperous thriving

STRONG

rank roaring

WEAK

doing well exuberant going strong in full swing in the pink in top form lush luxuriant profuse rampant rich robust successful vigorous

Antonyms

STRONGEST

declining failing losing

WEAK

ceasing decreasing languishing stunted undeveloping

ADJECTIVE

growing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

burgeoning developing expanding flourishing spreading thriving viable

STRONG

amplifying animate augmenting budding crescent dilating enlarging fructifying germinating living maturing pullulating sprouting stretching swelling waxing

WEAK

crescive

Antonyms

STRONGEST

failing languishing

STRONG

dead dying shrinking

WEAK

lessening withering

ADJECTIVE

prospering

Synonyms

STRONG

blooming booming burgeoning expanding growing rank roaring thriving

WEAK

boomy doing well exuberant going strong in full swing in the pink in top form lush luxuriant profuse prosperous rampant rich robust successful thrifty vigorous

Antonyms

STRONG

declining

ADJECTIVE

roaring

Synonyms

STRONGEST

booming thriving

STRONG

blooming burgeoning expanding growing lush prospering rank rich

WEAK

boomy doing well exuberant going strong in full swing in the pink in top form luxuriant profuse prosperous rampant robust successful thrifty vigorous

Antonyms

STRONG

barren sparse

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The technology stands accused of fuelling misinformation, copyright lawsuits are mushrooming, and many companies have cited AI adoption as an explanation for mass layoffs.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

Drug deductibles—the amount you pay up front before coverage kicks in—are mushrooming for many.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

The August Complex — which was mushrooming into California’s first million-acre fire — was encroaching on her neighborhood and she needed to prepare to evacuate.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024

But outrage over mushrooming college “sticker” prices clouds a reality that some families may not fully understand: Few students pay the full price.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2024

Margie had three big brothers instead of one, and one day in October the whole bunch of them went out mushrooming.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen

mushrooming

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