burgeoning

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈbɜrdʒənɪŋ/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Growing or developing rapidly; flourishing and expanding.; Beginning to grow or develop; in an early stage of expansion.
  2. verb
    Present participle of 'burgeon'; to begin to grow, increase, or develop rapidly.

🔗 Details

Word forms

3rd sing.: burgeons Past: burgeoned Past part.: burgeoned Pres part.: burgeoning

Collocations

burgeoning populationburgeoning industryburgeoning marketburgeoning demandburgeoning fieldburgeoning city

Synonyms

growingexpandingflourishingthrivingmushroomingproliferating

Antonyms

decliningshrinkingdiminishingwaning

Commonly confused

bourgeon
EN: 'Bourgeon' is an archaic/variant spelling of 'burgeon'; the standard modern spelling is 'burgeon'.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember that 'burgeon' has a 'u' after the 'b' and an 'e' before the 'o' — it is not spelled 'burgen' or 'burgenon'.

💬 Examples

  1. The burgeoning tech industry attracted thousands of young workers to the city.

  2. Her burgeoning talent as a painter was noticed by her art teacher.

  3. The population of the city is burgeoning at an alarming rate.