burgeon

burgeon

verb

Definition of BURGEON

1

to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number <the trout population in the stream is burgeoning now that the water is clean>

Synonyms accelerate, accumulate, appreciate, balloon, boom, build up, burgeon (also bourgeon), climb, enlarge, escalate, expand, gain, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, rise, roll up, snowball, spread, swell, wax

Related Words jump, rocket, skyrocket, surge; heighten, intensify, redouble; blow up, bulk, distend, inflate, puff (up); crescendo, crest, peak

Antonyms contract, decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, recede, wane

2

to grow vigorously <the spring flowers burgeoned once the warm weather set in for good>

Synonyms burgeon (also bourgeon), flourish, prosper

Related Words luxuriate, overgrow, proliferate, shoot up; germinate, root, sprout; bloom, flower, fruit, produce, propagate, regenerate, seed

3

to produce flowers <chrysanthemums usually burgeon in early fall>

Synonyms blossom, blow, burgeon (also bourgeon), effloresce, flower, unfold

Related Words leaf, leave; bud; open

Near Antonyms dry up, fade, shrivel, wilt, wither; die, drop, expire, perish

Variants of BURGEON

burgeon also bourgeon