Gradually, the town burgeoned into a thriving city.
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Burgeon
//ˈbɜː.d͡ʒən//
Synonyms for "burgeon" (104 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (52)
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Translations
61 translations across 18 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- парастак noun (bud, sprout, shoot)
Bulgarian
2 entries- процъфтявам verb (to grow or expand)
- цъфтя verb (of plants, to bloom, bud)
Catalan
4 entries- borró noun (bud, sprout, shoot)
- botó noun (bud, sprout, shoot)
- brot noun (bud, sprout, shoot)
- lluc noun (bud, sprout, shoot)
Czech
4 entries- kvést verb (of plants, to bloom, bud)
- rašit verb (of plants, to bloom, bud)
- rozrůstat se verb (to grow or expand)
- rozvíjet se verb (to grow or expand)
Dutch
3 entries- bloeien verb (of plants, to bloom, bud)
- opbloeien verb (to grow or expand)
- uitgroeien verb (to grow or expand)
Esperanto
1 entries- burĝono noun (bud, sprout, shoot)
Finnish
4 entries- kasvaa verb (to grow or expand)
- kukoistaa verb (to grow or expand)
- kukoistaa verb (of plants, to bloom, bud)
- paisua verb (to swell to the point of bursting)
French
4 entries- bourgeon noun (bud, sprout, shoot)
- bourgeonner verb (to swell to the point of bursting)
- bourgeonner verb (of plants, to bloom, bud)
- croître verb (to grow or expand)
German
2 entries- sprießen verb (to grow or expand)
- sprießen verb (of plants, to bloom, bud)
Hindi
2 entries- कली noun (bud, sprout, shoot)
- तेजी से बढ़ना या फेलना verb (to grow or expand)
Japanese
1 entries- 萌える verb (of plants, to bloom, bud)
Polish
4 entries- pączkować verb (of plants, to bloom, bud)
- pęcznieć verb (to swell to the point of bursting)
- rozkwitać verb (to grow or expand)
- rozkwitać verb (of plants, to bloom, bud)
Portuguese
1 entries- desabrochar verb (to grow or expand)
Romanian
2 entries- înflori verb (of plants, to bloom, bud)
- înmuguri verb (of plants, to bloom, bud)
Russian
4 entries- росток noun (bud, sprout, shoot)
- наливаться verb (to swell to the point of bursting)
- разрастаться verb (to grow or expand)
- распускаться verb (of plants, to bloom, bud)
Spanish
4 entries- brote noun (bud, sprout, shoot)
- retoño noun (bud, sprout, shoot)
- florecer verb (of plants, to bloom, bud)
- medrar verb (to grow or expand)
Swedish
4 entries- knopp noun (bud, sprout, shoot)
- knoppas verb (of plants, to bloom, bud)
- spira verb (to grow or expand)
- spira verb (of plants, to bloom, bud)
Ukrainian
4 entries- брунька noun (bud, sprout, shoot)
- паросток noun (bud, sprout, shoot)
- пуп'янок noun (bud, sprout, shoot)
- розпускатися verb (of plants, to bloom, bud)
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