budding

bud·ding

adjective \ˈbə-diŋ\

: beginning to develop

: beginning to become successful

Full Definition of BUDDING

:  being in an early stage of development <budding novelists>

Examples of BUDDING

1. her budding career as a lawyer
2. <the budding romance between the coworkers was the talk of the office>

First Known Use of BUDDING

1581

Related to BUDDING

Synonyms

aborning, nascent, inceptive, inchoate, incipient

Antonyms

adult, full-blown, full-fledged, mature, ripe, ripened

Related Words

first, formative, inaugural, inchoative, initial, original; elementary, embryonic, fundamental, rudimentary; formless, incoherent; introductory, preliminary, preparatory; crude, primitive, rude

Near Antonyms

advanced, developed, evolved, high, higher, improved, refined

Rhymes with BUDDING

studding