Need another word that means the same as “flowers”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “flowers” in this overview.
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The synonyms of “Flowers” are: bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush, heyday, peak, prime
Flowers as a Noun
Definitions of "Flowers" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “flowers” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- The period of greatest prosperity or productivity.
- A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms.
- Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts.
Synonyms of "Flowers" as a noun (7 Words)
bloom | A delicate powdery surface deposit on certain fresh fruits, leaves, or stems. The remastering has lost some of the bloom of the strings. |
blossom | The period of greatest prosperity or productivity. Tiny white blossoms. |
efflorescence | A powdery deposit on a surface. Cover the brickwork to minimize efflorescence. |
flush | Denoting a type of toilet that has a flushing device. Labradors retrieve the birds after the flush. |
heyday | The period of a person’s or thing’s greatest success, popularity, activity, or vigour. The paper has lost millions of readers since its heyday in 1964. |
peak | A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes. A slight increase in velocity provides a second peak on the general velocity curve. |
prime | A prime number. You re in the prime of life. |
Flowers as a Verb
Definitions of "Flowers" as a verb
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “flowers” as a verb can have the following definitions:
- Produce or yield flowers.
Synonyms of "Flowers" as a verb (2 Words)
bloom | Coat (a lens) with a special surface layer so as to reduce reflection from its surface. A chalk pit where cowslips bloomed. |
blossom | Mature or develop in a promising or healthy way. A garden in which roses blossom. |
Associations of "Flowers" (30 Words)
ambrosia | A fungal product used as food by ambrosia beetles. The tea was ambrosia after the slop I d been suffering. |
anther | The part of a stamen that contains the pollen. |
aroma | A distinctive, typically pleasant smell. The tantalizing aroma of fresh coffee. |
aster | A radiating array of microtubules associated with a centrosome in a dividing cell. |
bee | An insect of a large group to which the honeybee belongs including many solitary as well as social kinds. A sewing bee. |
bloom | A greyish-white appearance on chocolate caused by cocoa butter rising to the surface. The remastering has lost some of the bloom of the strings. |
blossom | (of a tree or bush) produce flowers or masses of flowers. Tiny white blossoms. |
bouquet | An expression of approval; a compliment. The aperitif has a faint bouquet of almonds. |
bush | Dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes. A childish face with a bush of bright hair. |
daisy | Used in names of other plants of the daisy family e g Michaelmas daisy Shasta daisy. |
fragrance | A distinctive odor that is pleasant. Men who don t customarily wear fragrance. |
herbaceous | Denoting or relating to herbs (in the botanical sense). |
honey | Of something having the color of honey. She s a little honey. |
lily | Used in names of other plants with flowers or leaves similar to those of the lily e g arum lily. |
lotus | White Egyptian lotus water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa held sacred by the Egyptians. A myth of creation states that Buddha was born of a thousand petalled gold lotus. |
nectar | Fruit juice especially when undiluted. The cold pint at the pub was nectar. |
nectary | A nectar-secreting glandular organ in a flower (floral) or on a leaf or stem (extrafloral). |
nosegay | An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present. A nosegay worn at the waist or bodice. |
orchid | Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors. |
ovule | The part of the ovary of seed plants that contains the female germ cell and after fertilization becomes the seed. |
petal | Each of the segments of the corolla of a flower, which are modified leaves and are typically coloured. |
plant | Place a plant in the ground out of doors so it can grow especially after growing it from seed in an indoor environment. The police used a plant to trick the thieves. |
pollen | A fine powdery substance typically yellow consisting of microscopic grains discharged from the male part of a flower or from a male cone Each grain contains a male gamete that can fertilize the female ovule to which pollen is transported by the wind insects or other animals. |
pollinate | Convey pollen to or deposit pollen on (a stigma, ovule, flower, or plant) and so allow fertilization. Large tubular bird pollinated flowers. |
ragweed | Any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma. |
rose | A stylized representation of a rose in heraldry or decoration typically with five petals especially as a national emblem of England. The rose and gold of dawn. |
seed | Of a plant reproduce itself by means of its own seeds. He knocked the top seed out of the championships. |
stalk | A stalklike support for a sessile animal or for an organ in an animal. Drinking glasses with long stalks. |
sweet | A sweet dish forming a course of a meal a pudding or dessert. A cup of hot sweet tea. |
tulip | A bulbous spring-flowering plant of the lily family, with boldly coloured cup-shaped flowers. |