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

2 of 3

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

Keep plants moist during the blooming season, but don’t overwater, which can cause yellowing leaves and the spread of disease. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2026

Here’s what to know to keep your fall mums blooming and healthy all season long. — Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2026

As for the blooming, poinsettias’ growing tips produce a flowering hormone that is destroyed by light. — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 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

The Duomo is just five minutes on foot, and the Academy of Brera with its blooming Botanical Garden is even closer. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026

In the spring, the blooming cherry trees that line the course’s exterior would take your breath away. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026

Keep your fall mums blooming and healthy with these expert watering tips. — Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2026

At that moment, the blooming onion arrived along with another Glenlivet. — Larry Padgett, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Design was an important factor in planning the weekend, with blooming florals from Stoneblossom, custom illustrations by Champagne and Ink, and transformative décor crafted by Ryan Designs. — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2026

In Malachite Vase, her largest creation to date at nearly four feet, blooming lotus flowers and Art Nouveau–style leaves and scrollwork draw connections between her Eastern roots and Western upbringing. — Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 13 Oct. 2026

The painting depicts a red amaryllis belladonna, otherwise known as a March lily, blooming in a plant pot situated on a table against a dark backdrop. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Its clouds of gas and dust form a physical shape resembling an unopened, blooming rosebud, glowing rosy-pink from dust heated by these stars. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026