burgeoning
Growing with vigor
Burgeoning means growing or developing rapidly.
The word typically describes something in an early but vigorous phase of expansion: a burgeoning tech industry, her burgeoning career, the burgeoning population.
It carries connotations of organic, healthy growth—something flourishing rather than merely increasing.
Beginning to develop
- incipientStarting to develop
- dawningFirst light emerging
- sproutingSeeds beginning growth
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
germinating · awakening · unfolding · arising · developing · embryonic · fledgling · newborn
Increasing rapidly in quantity
- multiplyingIncreasing by repeated addition
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
- ballooningSwelling or aerial drifting
- escalatingIncreasing by degrees
snowballing · mushrooming · spreading · widening · surging · accelerating · exploding · booming
Succeeding vigorously
- blossomingBeginning to flower
- bloomingProducing flowers now
- prosperingSucceeding financially or generally
- boomingExperiencing rapid growth
vibrant · dynamic · robust · healthy · vigorous · fertile · abundant · productive
nascent
Beginning to develop
budding · germinating · awakening · unfolding · arising · developing · embryonic · fledgling · newborn · infant
proliferating
Increasing rapidly in quantity
- multiplyingIncreasing by repeated addition
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
- ballooningSwelling or aerial drifting
escalating · snowballing · mushrooming · spreading · widening · surging · accelerating · exploding · booming · skyrocketing
thriving
Succeeding vigorously
- blossomingBeginning to flower
- bloomingProducing flowers now
- prosperingSucceeding financially or generally
booming · vibrant · dynamic · robust · healthy · vigorous · fertile · abundant · productive · teeming
burgeoningdwindling
Progressively becoming smaller
declining · shrinking · diminishing · contracting · dropping
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