Bourgeon

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of burgeon. alt-of, obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of burgeon. alt-of, obsolete

    "gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow"

  2. 2
    produce buds, branches, or germinate wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
burgeon forthgerminatemushroompullulateshootshoot

Example

More examples

"gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow"

More for "bourgeon"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.