| Main Entry: | mushroom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sprout; grow quickly |
Synonyms: |
augment, blow up, boom, burgeon, burst, detonate, expand, explode, flourish, go off, grow, grow rapidly, increase, luxuriate, proliferate, shoot up, spread, spring up |
| Notes: | neither mushroom (possibly from 'moss'?) nor toadstool (a fanciful name) is a scientific designation |
Antonyms: |
shrink, shrivel |
| Main Entry: | proliferate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase quickly |
Synonyms: |
breed, burgeon, engender, escalate, expand, generate, grow rapidly, multiply, mushroom, procreate, propagate, reproduce, run riot, snowball |
Antonyms: |
decline, decrease, fall off |