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burgeoning

[bur-juh-ning] / ˈbɜr dʒə nɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

budding

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fledgling growing incipient nascent promising

STRONG

beginning blossoming germinal germinating maturing opening potential pullulating sprouting vegetating young

WEAK

bursting forth embryonic fresh pubescent shooting up

Antonyms

WEAK

dying shrinking withering

ADJECTIVE

flourishing

Synonyms

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blooming expanding growing prosperous thriving

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mushrooming 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

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declining failing losing

WEAK

ceasing decreasing languishing stunted undeveloping

ADJECTIVE

green

Synonyms

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fresh grassy leafy lush raw tender verdant

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budding developing flourishing foliate growing immature infant juvenile maturing pullulating recent sprouting supple unripe

WEAK

bosky callow half-formed pliable puerile undecayed undried unfledged ungrown verduous youthful

Antonyms

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healthy

STRONG

adult dying mature old shrinking withering

WEAK

withered

ADJECTIVE

growing

Synonyms

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developing expanding flourishing spreading thriving viable

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

WEAK

crescive

Antonyms

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failing languishing

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dead dying shrinking

WEAK

lessening withering

ADJECTIVE

prospering

Synonyms

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blooming booming expanding growing mushrooming 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

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declining

ADJECTIVE

roaring

Synonyms

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booming thriving

STRONG

blooming expanding growing lush mushrooming 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

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barren sparse

ADJECTIVE

thriving

Synonyms

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booming developing flourishing growing healthy prosperous robust wealthy

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advancing arrived blooming cooking progressing prospering roaring rolling

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doing well going strong have it made have the wherewithal home free on top of heap prolific rich sitting pretty

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failing infirm poor unhealthy

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declining languishing losing

ADJECTIVE

young

Synonyms

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budding inexperienced new youthful

STRONG

adolescent blooming blossoming crude developing fledgling green growing infant inferior junior juvenile little modern newborn punk raw recent tender tenderfoot

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boyish boylike callow childish childlike early fresh girlish girllike half-grown ignorant newish not aged pubescent puerile undeveloped undisciplined unfinished unfledged unlearned unpracticed unripe unseasoned untried unversed vernal

Antonyms

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experienced old

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adult healthy mature older sophisticated

NOUN

increase

Synonyms

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boost development escalation expansion gain hike increment inflation merger raise rise surge upsurge upturn

STRONG

access accession accretion accrual accumulation aggrandizement augmentation breakthrough cumulation elaboration enlargement exaggeration extension incorporation intensification markup maximization multiplication optimization spread step-up swell swelling upgrade waxing

Antonyms

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decline decrease drop loss shrinkage

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abridgment compression reduction

WEAK

depletion diminishment subtraction

Example Sentences

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Xi is wary of the burgeoning alliance between Kim and Putin, despite Beijing's close ties with both Pyongyang and Moscow.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Many have gone so far as to apply the precautionary principle here too: the burgeoning field of AI welfare is devoted to figuring out if and when we must care about machines.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

Dataland’s inaugural exhibition, “Machine Dreams: Rainforest,” is the studio’s opening salvo in the battle to redefine our burgeoning relationship with the evolving technology.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

The burgeoning chain decided on the new name in 1946 after a successful experiment with longer opening hours.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

In many ways, the Green Revolution was a tremendous boon; harvests in many poor countries soared so fast that despite burgeoning populations the incidence of hunger fell dramatically.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

burgeoning

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