BURGEONS Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

burgeons

verb

variants also bourgeons

present tense third-person singular of burgeon

as in rises

to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number the trout population in the stream is burgeoning now that the water is clean

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as in thrives

to grow vigorously the spring flowers burgeoned once the warm weather set in for good

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as in flowers

to produce flowers chrysanthemums usually burgeon in early fall

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Recent Examples of burgeons From the pine forests and black swamps to the marsh flats and on to the Gulf, the refuge burgeons with life in ways hard to explain to someone who hasn’t been there. — Jeff Vandermeer, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026

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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.

— STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
The bare, symmetrical peak rises impassively over the entire landscape.

— Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026

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The foundations for whether a team survives those conditions or thrives in them were laid long before the first knockout match — through pre-World Cup preparation and the adaptations built over the opening weeks of the tournament.

— Alan McCall, New York Times, 11 July 2026
While spinach typically thrives in growing zones 3 to 9, heat-tolerant varieties can be grown in warmer zones, such as 9 to 11.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 10 July 2026

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Near Streets In urban environments, planting along high-traffic streets increases the concentrations of pollutants from car exhaust that can contaminate the fruit.

— Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2026
Having the flexibility to work part time or adjust hours is one factor that almost certainly increases the share of women in the labor force in Nordic countries.

— Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 14 July 2026

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The Netflix documentary explores Short’s very long career, which started in the early 1970s and flourishes today with Only Murders in the Building.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 July 2026
Our mission is to help link the users and providers of capital with transparency, with data, with models, so that capitalism flourishes.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 July 2026

Definition of flourishes

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Conditions will deteriorate further by midweek as northwest swells increase, the Weather Service said.

— Kassia Bonesteel, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Coastal flooding also will remain a threat through the early part of the week, as king tides continue to pound the Bay Area coast, and the Pacific Ocean swells stay high because of storm activity in the Southern Hemisphere.

— Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 13 July 2026

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Drivers who stop or park in Sacramento bike lanes could now face a steeper fine as the city expands its use of artificial intelligence to enforce parking rules.

— Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 14 July 2026
Production expands beyond laboratory scale The researchers have also made progress in manufacturing the material in larger quantities, an important step toward commercial deployment.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026

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