| Main Entry: | bloom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flower; flourish |
Synonyms: |
be in flower, bear fruit, blossom, blow, bud, burgeon, burst, develop, effloresce, fare well, fructify, germinate, grow, open, prosper, sprout, succeed, tassel out, thrive, wax |
Antonyms: |
shrink, shrivel, wither |
| Main Entry: | blooming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flowering |
Synonyms: |
bearing fruit, blossoming, budding, flourishing, growing, opening, sprouting |
Antonyms: |
barren, sterile, unfruitful |
| Main Entry: | blooming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thriving |
Synonyms: |
doing well, flourishing, growing, prospering, robust, successful |
Antonyms: |
declining, fading |
| Main Entry: | blooming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | glowing |
Synonyms: |
bright, bright-eyed, chipper, energetic, fresh, radiant, rosy, spry |
| Main Entry: | blossom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flower |
Synonyms: |
bloom, blow, burgeon, burst, effloresce, leaf, open, outbloom, shoot, unfold |
Antonyms: |
fade, shrink, shrivel, wither |
| Main Entry: | blossom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flourish |
Synonyms: |
batten, bloom, develop, grow, mature, progress, prosper, succeed, thrive |
Antonyms: |
deteriorate, die, fade, shrink |
| Main Entry: | boom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prosper |
Synonyms: |
appreciate, bloom, develop, enhance, expand, flourish, flower, gain, grow, increase, intensify, rise in value, spurt, strengthen, succeed, swell, thrive |
Antonyms: |
collapse, fail, falter, lose |
| Main Entry: | cherry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright red color |
Synonyms: |
blooming, blushing, bright red, cerise, claret, crimson, dark red, erubescent, incarnadine, reddish, rosy, rubescent, rubicund, ruddy |
| Main Entry: | color |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make pigmented; shade |
Synonyms: |
adorn, blacken, bloom, blush, burn, chalk, crayon, crimson, darken, daub, dye, embellish, emblazon, enamel, enliven, flush, fresco, gild, glaze, gloss, illuminate, imbue, infuse, lacquer, paint, pigment, pinken, redden, rouge, stain, stipple, suffuse, tinge, tint, tone, variegate, wash |
| Notes: | color refers to the wavelength composition of light, shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness, tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness, and hue indicates a modification of a basic color |
Antonyms: |
discolor, pale, whiten |
| Main Entry: | comely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful |
Synonyms: |
a ten, attractive, beauteous, becoming, blooming, buxom, fair, fine, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, handsome, nice, pleasing, pretty, pulchritudinous, stunning, wholesome, winsome |
Antonyms: |
bad-looking, despicable, disagreeable, offensive, repellent, repulsive, revolting, ugly, unattractive |