booming

adjective

boom·​ing ˈbü-miŋ 

1

: making a loud deep sound

his booming voice

2

: growing or expanding very quickly

a booming business

3

: forcefully or powerfully executed

hit a booming serve

Synonyms of booming

• loud
• deafening
• ringing
• roaring

Examples of booming in a Sentence

We're not benefiting from the country's booming economy.

Suddenly the children heard Grandpa's booming voice demanding that they get down from the roof.

a tennis player with a booming serve

Recent Examples on the Web

In the States, the National Women’s Soccer League is a booming business, working through the delicate growing pains of figuring out how to bridge grassroots support with rapid expansion. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026

Investors appeared to bet against Palantir as part of a broader bet against AI, with more firms raising spending projections to match booming demand for AI products. — Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Eli Lilly, its lead rival in the booming market for GLP-1 drugs, is also scheduled to post quarterly results on Wednesday. — Jacob Pramuk,annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026

The world’s fourth-largest economy, according to one count, also enjoyed booming business output as a flood of venture capital revitalized the state’s tech industry. — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 3 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for booming

• blooming
• fuming
• grooming
• looming
• rooming
• zooming
• assuming
• consuming
• costuming
• presuming
• resuming
• subsuming

Kids Definition

booming

adjective

boom·​ing ˈbü-miŋ 

1

: making a deep sound

his booming voice

2

: forcefully or powerfully done

hit a booming serve