Synonyms of blooming

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adjective

ˈblü-mən 

1

as in glowing

having a healthy reddish skin tone

the blooming faces of children at play in the great outdoors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glowing
• red
• tanned
• rosy
• flush
• warm
• ruddy
• blushing
• brown
• florid
• sanguine
• pink
• flushed
• rubicund
• pinkish
• bronzed
• blowsy
• suntanned
• full-blooded
• bloomy
• cherubic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pale
• sallow
• pallid
• livid
• ashen
• lurid
• peaked
• wan
• white
• pasty
• ashy
• palish
• mealy
• doughy
• waxen
• peaky
• waxy
• blanched
• sallowish
• whitened
• paled
• sickly
• anemic
• sick
• bloodless
• cadaverous
• white-faced
• whey-faced

2

as in unconditional

chiefly British having no exceptions or restrictions

thought that the royals were blooming idiots for making such indiscreet statements

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unconditional
• sheer
• complete
• absolute
• utter
• pure
• simple
• definite
• total
• perfect
• very
• damned
• damn
• outright
• real
• deadly
• crashing
• huge
• endless
• profound
• dead
• dreadful
• clean
• unmitigated
• downright
• consummate
• blank
• constant
• thoroughgoing
• regular
• thorough
• stark
• flat
• bodacious
• fair
• categorical
• eternal
• perpetual
• stone
• unqualified
• plumb
• out-and-out
• genuine
• unadulterated
• rank
• arrant
• flat-out
• straight-out
• all-out
• horrible
• unalloyed
• terrible
• veritable
• authentic
• unremitting
• extreme
• undying
• main
• extraordinary
• hopeless
• classic
• unrestricted
• terrific
• supreme
• confirmed
• habitual
• superlative
• inveterate
• frightful
• surpassing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uncertain
• restricted
• doubtful
• questionable
• dubious
• qualified
• equivocal

blooming

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noun

as in flowering

Related Words

• flowering
• blossoming
• autumn
• efflorescence
• bloom
• blossom
• summit
• flower
• zenith
• pinnacle
• meridian
• peak
• apex
• springtime
• climax
• Indian summer
• heyday
• prime
• grandeur
• acme
• florescence
• golden age
• flush
• salad days
• splendor
• revival
• recovery
• floruit
• glory
• high noon
• silver age
• belle epoque
• comeback

Dissimilar Words

• decay
• decline
• downfall
• bottom
• wilting
• nadir
• withering
• shriveling

blooming

3 of 3

verb

present participle of bloom

1

as in blossoming

to produce flowers

forsythias only bloom at the beginning of spring

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flowering
• blossoming
• unfolding
• burgeoning
• leaving
• blowing
• efflorescing
• leafing
• budding
• opening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fading
• withering
• drying up
• dying
• wilting
• shriveling
• expiring
• dropping
• perishing

2

as in blushing

to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)

she arrived at the house, blooming from her vigorous walk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blushing
• glowing
• flushing
• reddening
• crimsoning
• turning color
• coloring
• rouging
• disconcerting
• ruddling
• mortifying
• incarnadining
• humiliating
• embarrassing
• abashing
• discomfiting
• fazing
• chagrining

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blooming

Adjective

Temperature And Humidity Nighttime temperatures also signal blooming time to orchids. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2026

To extend the blooming window, select mums that have mostly closed buds and only a few fully open flowers. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2026

To enhance blooming, side dress flowering bulbs with a balanced bulb fertilizer when their leaves sprout, but stop fertilizing when their flowers bud out. — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 23 Aug. 2026

Everything was growing all at once, all over the place, blooming, withering, and crashing to the earth. — Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026

Insufficient sunlight leads to sparse blooming, stunted growth, fungal diseases, and small, pale, overly sour cherries. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 21 Aug. 2026

Noun

When blooming slows in the fall, cut back the whole plant to the new basal growth to keep it healthy for spring. — Marie Iannotti, The Spruce, 22 Sep. 2026

Stop deadheading as shorter days and cooler temperatures slow plant growth and blooming. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2026

Once blooms fade, seeds eventually begin to form, the plant becomes leggy, and blooming slows. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 July 2026

How to Care for Container Roses Roses need adequate sunlight, well-draining soil, consistent moisture, and regular fertilization to encourage growth and healthy annual blooming. — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 16 May 2026

Verb

Its unfurling will reveal an image of the cosmos overlain with blooming flowers and splintered prisms emanating rainbows. — Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Rockliffe’s new fine-dining restaurant Atlas is supplied by an extensive on-site garden blooming with faraway citrus varieties, fields of microgreens, and mushrooms. — Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2026

These hardy plants often flower without assistance, but cutting them back to the ground in late fall increases their chance of double blooming next year. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2026

Filling porch and patio planters with fall-blooming annuals and festive foliage plants is an easy way to add color to your space and curb appeal to your home. — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 28 Sep. 2026

The body-contouring gown was transparent from its high neck to its hem, with long sleeves and intricately worked floral embroidery blooming over the bust, navel, hips, and thighs. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026

Blooming uses up a lot of the plant’s energy, and afterward the orchid needs a period of rest to recover for the next blooming cycle. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2026

Susan Fang x Crocs Flowers were blooming in footwear during Susan Fang’s runway show. — Virginia Corneli, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

But 18 months into Carney’s tenure, with trade talks once-again stalled and a flashy new alliance blooming with the European Union, the Canadian leader appears to be done taking the high road. — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026