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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
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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

Moreover, the rule addressed a marketing process that is destined to keep mushrooming.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2025

Workshops and underground waacking jams - events where dancers battle it out with their moves - are mushrooming in several cities and international waacking legends are visiting the country to teach the dance.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2024

“Sometimes I dream lightning strikes. Or earthquakes. Sometimes it’s dark clouds mushrooming in the sky. I wake troubled.”

From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes