Need another word that means the same as “burgeon”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “burgeon” in this overview.
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The synonyms of “Burgeon” are: grow rapidly, increase exponentially, increase rapidly, expand, spring up, shoot up, swell, explode, boom, mushroom, proliferate, snowball, multiply, become more numerous, escalate, rocket, skyrocket, run riot, put on a spurt
Burgeon as a Verb
Definitions of "Burgeon" as a verb
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “burgeon” as a verb can have the following definitions:
- Put forth young shoots; bud.
- Begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish.
- Grow and flourish.
Synonyms of "Burgeon" as a verb (19 Words)
become more numerous | Enter or assume a certain state or condition. |
boom | Be the case that thunder is being heard. Stop right there boomed the Headmaster. |
escalate | Increase in extent or intensity. The Allies escalated the bombing. |
expand | Expand the influence of. His business expanded rapidly. |
explode | Undergo a violent expansion in which much energy is released as a shock wave. He exploded with rage. |
grow rapidly | Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes. |
increase exponentially | Become bigger or greater in amount. |
increase rapidly | Become bigger or greater in amount. |
multiply | Propagate (plants. Multiply 10 by 15. |
mushroom | Pick or gather mushrooms. These are high performance bullets which mushroom upon impact. |
proliferate | Cause (cells, tissue, structures, etc.) to reproduce rapidly. We must not proliferate nuclear arms. |
put on a spurt | Formulate in a particular style or language. |
rocket | Propel with a rocket. She showed the kind of form that rocketed her to the semi finals last year. |
run riot | Direct or control; projects, businesses, etc. |
shoot up | Run or move very quickly or hastily. |
skyrocket | Shoot up abruptly, like a rocket. Prices skyrocketed. |
snowball | Throw snowballs at. I made sure the other kids stopped snowballing Celia. |
spring up | Develop into a distinctive entity. |
swell | Come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things. The bellies of the starving children are swelling. |
Usage Examples of "Burgeon" as a verb
- The burgeoning administration.
- The city's suburbs have burgeoned, sprawling out from the centre.
- The burgeoning population.
Associations of "Burgeon" (30 Words)
abound | Be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities. This area abounds with caravan sites. |
affluence | Abundant wealth. A sign of our growing affluence. |
affluent | An affluent person a person who is financially well off. An affluent banker. |
bloom | The state or period of greatest beauty, freshness, or vigour. The bloom on a plum. |
blossom | The period of greatest prosperity or productivity. Fruit trees in blossom. |
bonanza | An especially rich vein of precious ore. The festive feature film bonanza. |
bonus | An extra and unexpected advantage. Good weather is an added bonus but the real appeal is the landscape. |
boom | Hit hard. The deep boom of the bass drum. |
booming | Used of the voice. The booming economy of the 1920s. |
daisy | Used in names of other plants of the daisy family e g Michaelmas daisy Shasta daisy. |
ding | Go ding dong like a bell. Cash registers were dinging softly. |
efflorescence | The formation of a powdery deposit on the surface of brickwork, rock, or other material as a result of loss of moisture on exposure to air. Cover the brickwork to minimize efflorescence. |
fanfare | Media attention or elaborate ceremony. A specially composed fanfare announced the arrival of the Duchess. |
flourish | Be working or at the height of one’s career during a specified period. Wild plants flourish on the banks of the lake. |
flourishing | Developing rapidly and successfully; thriving. Flourishing businesses. |
grow | Cultivate by growing often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques. Morels grow in a variety of places. |
growth | A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important. Some additives slow down the growth of microorganisms. |
inflation | The act of filling something with air. The inflation of a balloon. |
metropolis | The capital or chief city of a country or region. By the late eighteenth century Edo had grown to a metropolis with a population of nearly one million. |
opulence | Great wealth or luxuriousness. Rooms of spectacular opulence. |
palmy | Covered with palms. The palmy days of the 1970s. |
prosper | Make successful. The state hopes to prosper from free trade with the United States. |
prosperous | Marked by peace and prosperity. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. |
rich | Marked by richness and fullness of flavor. Many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles. |
successful | Having achieved fame, wealth, or social status. A successful attack on the town. |
teem | Be teeming be abuzz. Every garden is teeming with wildlife. |
thrive | Make steady progress; be at the high point in one’s career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance. The new baby thrived. |
thriving | Very lively and profitable. Did a thriving business in orchids. |
well-to-do | Travel or traverse (a distance. |
windfall | A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money. Members are to get an average 520 cash windfall for voting yes to the merger. |