| 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: | blossoming |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blooming |
Synonyms: |
bloom, budding, developing, flourishing, flowering, thriving |
Antonyms: |
withering |
| Main Entry: | bloom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flower |
Synonyms: |
blossom, blossoming, bud, efflorescence, floret, flourishing, flower, floweret, opening |
| 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: | budding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | developing, flowering |
Synonyms: |
beginning, blossoming, burgeoning, bursting forth, embryonic, fledgling, fresh, germinal, germinating, growing, incipient, maturing, nascent, opening, potential, promising, pubescent, pullulating, shooting up, sprouting, vegetating, young |
Antonyms: |
dying, shrinking, withering |
| Main Entry: | floral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | decorated with flowers |
Synonyms: |
blooming, blossoming, blossomy, botanic, decorative, dendritic, efflorescent, flower-patterned, flowery, herbaceous, sylvan, verdant |
| Main Entry: | flourish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow, prosper |
Synonyms: |
amplify, arrive, augment, batten, be on top of heap, bear fruit, bloom, blossom, boom, burgeon, come along, develop, do well, expand, flower, get ahead, get on, go, go great guns, hit it big, increase, live high on hog, make out, multiply, score, succeed, thrive, wax |
Antonyms: |
cease, fail, hinder, languish, stunt |
| Main Entry: | flower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bloom, flourish |
Synonyms: |
batten, blossom, blow, burgeon, effloresce, mature, open, outbloom, prosper, thrive, unfold |
Antonyms: |
close, die, droop, fade, sag, shrink, shrivel |
| Main Entry: | fruitful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | productive |
Synonyms: |
abounding, abundant, advantageous, beneficial, blooming, blossoming, breeding, childing, conducive, copious, effective, fecund, fertile, flourishing, flush, fructiferous, gainful, plenteous, plentiful, profitable, profuse, proliferant, prolific, propagating, reproducing, rewarding, rich, spawning, successful, useful, well-spent, worthwhile |
Antonyms: |
barren, impotent, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive |