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boom

[boom] / bum /
NOUN
loud sound; crash
Synonyms
STRONGEST
explosion
STRONG
bang barrage blare blast burst cannonade clap crack drumfire reverberation roar rumble slam smash thunder wham
NOUN
prosperity
Synonyms
STRONGEST
advance boost development expansion gain growth improvement increase inflation jump rush spurt upsurge upturn
STRONG
push
WEAK
prosperousness upswing
Antonyms
STRONGEST
decline decrease diminishment failure lessening loss shrinkage stagnation
WEAK
collapse
VERB
crash; make loud sound
Synonyms
STRONGEST
explode resound reverberate roar thunder
STRONG
bang blast burst clap crack drum roll rumble slam smash sound wham
Antonyms
WEAK
be silent
VERB
prosper
Synonyms
STRONGEST
develop expand flourish grow intensify strengthen swell thrive
STRONG
appreciate bloom enhance flower gain increase spurt succeed
WEAK
rise in value
Antonyms
STRONGEST
compress contract decline decrease fail languish lessen lower shrink stunt weaken
STRONG
lose shrivel
WEAK
collapse falter

Example Sentences

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Making it worse are Warsh’s recent statements that we could have lower rates because of an AI productivity boom.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

At first they made money from illegal logging and plantations, later benefitting from a speculative property boom in the cities fuelled by Chinese investors.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

And the entire investment thesis for the AI hardware boom just got compressed along with it.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

The novel partnership between students and police to break open a decades-old murder case, with a love triangle at its center, was irresistible fodder for the media’s true-crime boom.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

“A rumble, a hiss—some say a boom and a swish—and the wave of molasses swept out,” the newspaper proclaimed.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler