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budding

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of budding

beginning to come into existence

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

Synonyms of budding

aborning, inceptive, inchoate, incipient, nascent

Words Related to budding

first, formative, inaugural, inchoative, initial, original

elementary, embryonic, fundamental, rudimentary

formless, incoherent

introductory, preliminary, preparatory

crude, primitive, rude

Near Antonyms of budding

advanced, developed, evolved, high, higher, improved, refined

Antonyms of budding

adult, full-blown, full-fledged, mature, ripe, ripened

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