burgeoning
adjectiveHow to pronounce burgeoning:
Definition of burgeoning:
- burgeoning (adjective):
- promotion in rank or status
- growing, expanding, or developing rapidly
Synonyms for burgeoning:
babyish
blooming
blossoming
budding
callow
childish
childlike
coming
developing
embryonic
emergent
flourishing
flowering
green
growing
in the making
incipient
inexperienced
infantile
infantine
nascent
potential
promising
teenage
teenaged
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Antonyms for burgeoning:
declining
decreasing
deteriorating
diminishing
dwindling
dying
fading
failing
falling
languishing
lessening
reducing
shrinking
subsiding
waning
weakening
withering
worsening
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