budding

adjective

bud·​ding ˈbə-diŋ 

: being in an early stage of development

budding novelists

Synonyms

• aborning
• inceptive
• inchoate
• incipient
• nascent

Examples of budding in a Sentence

her budding career as a lawyer

the budding romance between the coworkers was the talk of the office

Recent Examples on the Web

In America, cult stores like Claire’s, Limited Too, and the catalog Delia’s were how budding fashion girls decided on how to stick out from their peers. —Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 10 Sep. 2023

And the defense, from the line to the secondary, has budding superstar talent across the board, ready to make a jump. —Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2023

Many of the former senior officials present at the December conference have become highly public dissidents, warning of the damage to national security wrought by the government’s agenda and even supporting the refusal by thousands of military reservists to serve under a budding illiberal regime. —Neri Zilber, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2023

Robert De Niro’s grandson, a 19-year-old budding actor, has died, the family said. —Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 4 July 2023

Over the weekend, the model and budding chef, 24, appeared to have hopped on the buzz cut train after years of having luscious locks. —Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023

Sherman Howell, a longtime civil rights activist who championed causes in a budding Columbia, died of complications stemming from heart disease Aug. 2 at the Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center. —Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 28 Aug. 2023

As millennials may remember, cryotherapy was a budding trend several years back. —Rebecca Norris, Allure, 23 Aug. 2023

The five-part, seven-track EP, Zone, hatches the vocalist out of her shell and into a budding, versatile pop sensation. —India Roby, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1586, in the meaning defined above