blossoming

Coming into bloom

Blossoming is the process of coming into flower, or the state of being in bloom: The cherry trees are blossoming along the riverbank.

Figuratively, blossoming describes someone or something developing, flourishing, or reaching full potential: a blossoming talent, their blossoming friendship, She's really blossoming in her new role.

flourishing

thriving

Succeeding vigorously

prosperity · success · booming · efflorescence · advancement · development · maturation · expansion · ripening · cultivation

youth

coming-of-age

Youth becoming adulthood

developing · potential · promise · innocence · vitality · freshness · curiosity · self-discovery · aspirations · awakening

springtime

sakura

Japanese flowering tree

lilacs · peonies · azaleas · dogwood · forsythia · jacaranda · budbreak · petals · pollination · nectar

renewal

rebirth

Spiritual or physical regeneration

regeneration · rejuvenation · renaissance · reawakening · transformation · metamorphosis · reinvention · rekindling · restoration · recovery

Categories
Opposites
growth and development

blossomingwithering

Drying and declining

wilting · dying · decaying · decline · fading

vitality and health

blossomingwithered

Dried and shrunken

wilted · dying · decaying · moribund · sickly

emergence and potential

blossomingstifled

Forcibly held in

suppressed · repressed · unfulfilled · unrealized · thwarted

Family

bloom, blossom, blossoms, blossomed, blossomy, florescence

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G