Burgeon

/ˈbɜː.d͡ʒən/

Synonyms for "burgeon" (112 found)

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Closest matches (23)

acrospire augment bine bloom blossom blow bough branch branchedness branchiness brew bud buildburst forthdeadwood develop effloresce enlarge expand

Noun(3 words)

boom bud expand

Adjective(1 words)

edible mushroom

Strong matches (33)

Noun(5 words)

expansion flourish growth increase mushroom

flagellum flourish flowerflower budfork frond gather gemma gemmate gemmula gemmule germinate growgrow rankgrow upheighten hypertrophy increase leafleaf bud

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leaf outleave limb luxuriate mature mount multiply mushroom

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Verb(1 words)

mushroomed

offshoot outgrow overdevelop overgrow overrun overtop plumule procreate progress pullulateput forthput forth leavesput out budsramage ramification reproduce riot rootrun uprunner

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sarment scion shootshoot upslip snowball spear spray sprigspring upsprit sproutsprout upstolonstrike rootsucker switchtake roottendril thallus thrive tower twig upshoot upspear upspring upsprout vegetate wax

Noun(6 words)

proliferate proliferation shoot sprout surge swell

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More general

9 entries

botanical structuredevelop development grow growth increaseplant partprogress

More specific

17 entries

axillary budboom escalate expandflower budgerminateleaf budmushroom proliferate proliferation skyrocket soar sprout surge swellterminal bud

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Collocations

12 entries

burgeon activityburgeon databurgeon growthburgeon in numbersburgeon in popularityburgeon industryburgeon into existenceburgeon into prominenceburgeon populationburgeon quicklyburgeon rapidlyburgeon trend

Inflections

3 entries

burgeoned burgeoning burgeons

Derivations

2 entries

burgeoning burgeonment

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Gradually, the town burgeoned into a thriving city.

Source: wiktionary

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