Synonyms of blossoming

blossoming 1 of 3

adjective

as in burgeoning

Related Words

• burgeoning
• blooming
• flowering
• flourishing
• undeveloped
• unfinished
• unripe
• unformed
• childlike
• childish
• infantile
• green
• emergent
• unripened
• unfledged
• inexperienced
• babyish
• young
• embryonic
• callow
• teenage
• infantine
• youthful
• puerile
• minor
• kiddish
• underage
• raw
• adolescent
• immature
• youngish
• juvenile
• subadult
• preteen
• ephebic

Dissimilar Words

• mature
• matured
• adult
• old
• ancient
• older
• senior
• aging
• elderly
• geriatric
• aged
• senescent
• ripe
• long-lived
• oldish
• full-blown
• full-fledged
• ripened
• golden
• grown-up
• mellow
• middle-aged
• decrepit
• over-the-hill
• senile
• doddering
• tottery
• spavined
• anile

blossoming

2 of 3

noun

as in flowering

Related Words

• flowering
• flourishing
• maturing
• maturation
• growth
• development
• ripening
• softening
• evolution
• evolvement
• mellowing
• expansion
• maturity
• progression
• coming-of-age

Dissimilar Words

• declining
• decay
• decline
• deterioration
• degeneration
• decaying
• decadence
• fading
• wilting
• descent
• waning
• declension
• withering
• death
• demise
• end
• dying
• shriveling
• expiration
• exit
• perishing
• regression
• ebbing
• decease
• expiry
• reversion
• retrogression
• expiring

blossoming

3 of 3

verb

present participle of blossom

as in blooming

to produce flowers

the fruit tree seemed to blossom overnight once the warm spring weather arrived

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blossoming

Noun

In the tottering years, a bathing bird or blossoming flower will raise a thrill in you like only a game winning home run or a Disney World vacation used to. — Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

Take, for instance, the free-form rooftop pool which is shaded by native trees and blossoming plants and is the perfect spot to cool off from Thailand’s no-joke humidity. — Condé Nast, cntraveler.com, 7 Oct. 2026

With their feelings for each other blossoming, the two go out for dinner, which is full of Rushville patrons with lingering hatred for Hal. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026

With Dallas Turner blossoming, Blake Cashman, Andrew Van Ginkel and Isaiah Rodgers giving high-level veteran presence and the young guys on the interior of the defensive line looking promising, there is no reason to believe this unit will fall off. — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026

The series wisely uses its larger canvas to sketch out a complicated land beyond Sybylla’s blossoming—one which suggests that the secondary characters, too, are on their own journeys, even if their destinations aren’t as far-flung as Sybylla’s. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026

At the same time, Fjord is nonjudgmental in its depiction of a blossoming romance between two girls, and protesters who come to support the Romanian family are shown as hysterical too, spray-painting warnings about Satan outside the local school. — Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

The eight-acre property is located on the edge of Frenchman Bay, with beautiful water views, blossoming gardens, and tranquil lawns. — Morgan Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026

Companion planting and creating fruit tree guilds to make sure sufficient pollinators are around during blossoming time. — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 23 July 2026

Verb

Along with their blossoming personalities can come the acquisition of some frustrating new habits that can drive parents bananas. — Sara Rowe Mount, Parents, 22 Oct. 2026

The Jaguars offense is wayyy better than what the Bengals just faced, led by a blossoming Trevor Lawrence. — J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Now the extraordinary, blossoming Matisse faces in the direction of the original site for which it was designed, like a living memory. — George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

The Angels also would prefer not to replace Soriano from a blossoming corps of young arms. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

High schools, colleges and youth programs are blossoming at all levels at a record-breaking pace. — Pj Green august 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026

Together, the couple showcases a love blossoming in limited time in the picturesque backdrop of the island. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026

While Emma and Matthew’s blossoming love story is at the center of A Christmas Rescue, Niffy, the dog playing Shep, is no stranger to finding compassion in an unexpected place. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026

Stepping outside of the episodic nature of the show, these two episodes hone in on a subplot that’s been blossoming since the series opener. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026