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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
STRONGEST
blooming expanding growing prosperous thriving
STRONG
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
STRONGEST
declining failing losing
WEAK
ceasing decreasing languishing stunted undeveloping
ADJECTIVE
green
Synonyms
STRONGEST
fresh grassy leafy lush raw tender verdant
STRONG
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
STRONGEST
healthy
STRONG
adult dying mature old shrinking withering
WEAK
withered
ADJECTIVE
growing
Synonyms
STRONGEST
developing expanding flourishing spreading thriving viable
STRONG
amplifying animate augmenting budding crescent dilating enlarging fructifying germinating living maturing mushrooming pullulating sprouting stretching swelling waxing
WEAK
crescive
Antonyms
STRONGEST
failing languishing
STRONG
dead dying shrinking
WEAK
lessening withering
ADJECTIVE
prospering
Synonyms
STRONG
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
STRONG
declining
ADJECTIVE
roaring
Synonyms
STRONGEST
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
STRONG
barren sparse
ADJECTIVE
thriving
Synonyms
STRONGEST
booming developing flourishing growing healthy prosperous robust wealthy
STRONG
advancing arrived blooming cooking progressing prospering roaring rolling
WEAK
doing well going strong have it made have the wherewithal home free on top of heap prolific rich sitting pretty
Antonyms
STRONGEST
failing infirm poor unhealthy
WEAK
declining languishing losing
ADJECTIVE
young
Synonyms
STRONGEST
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
WEAK
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
STRONGEST
experienced old
STRONG
adult healthy mature older sophisticated
NOUN
increase
Synonyms
STRONGEST
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
STRONGEST
decline decrease drop loss shrinkage
STRONG
abridgment compression reduction
WEAK
depletion diminishment subtraction

Example Sentences

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The demand has given rise to a burgeoning gray market, where wellness spas, multilevel marketers and telehealth websites ply the public with vials of “research grade” peptides labeled “not for human use.”

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Walmart specifically caters to the lower income distribution and thereby could provide an early read on a burgeoning recession.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Peet did also have thoughts on how to expand upon her character’s growth and the nature of her burgeoning relationship with Sam.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Before he was the ace for the Seattle Mariners, Logan Gilbert was a burgeoning right-hander in desperate need of a new pitch for his arsenal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The rich benefited from the new industry and from Great Britain’s burgeoning empire.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman