Thesaurus
mushroom
mushroom
verb
Definition of MUSHROOM
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number <the suburb's population has mushroomed tremendously in the last decade>
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
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