to bloom

Examples

• All

• You look around and you see flowers bloom and trees blossom and birds sing.

• The blue sky was the color of the sea, and flowers were blooming in the meadow.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Certain flowers and plants will start to bloom along it because the light hits it.

• A rose can bloom in the desert.

  ¡Three Amigos! (1986)

• I believe all women have the potential to bloom where they are planted.

  Variety

• Do you know of any place where irises bloom?

  The ARK (2022)

• Outdoors, it makes a great bedding plant that will bloom for up to 2 months.

  Academic text (1994)

• A few sagebrush buttercups had begun to bloom with the retreat of the snow.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Many of the woody plants on the grounds of Boston's Arnold Arboretum are blooming earlier.

  Academic text (2004)

• After a period of care, the plants in my yard began to bloom abundantly and attract butterflies.

Synonyms

T

to thrive

vsto bloom

241 3.2

To grow well and be successful

also applies to plants producing petals as well as general successful growth

F

to flourish

vsto bloom

116 4.1

To grow strongly and be healthy or successful

also covers plants making petals as well as people or things doing well

F

to flower

vsto bloom

40 1.0

To produce the colorful part of a plant that makes seeds

also applies to people or things growing well rather than only plants

B

to blossom

vsto bloom

14 1.4

To produce flowers on a tree or plant

also covers people or things growing well, not only plants producing petals

B

to begin to blossom

vsto bloom

1 3.4

To grow and become more successful or confident

refers to ongoing petal production or general thriving rather than only the first stage

E

to effloresce

vsto bloom

• Literature

9.9

To begin to bloom or grow, like a plant showing flowers

is the everyday word for plants showing petals and people doing well

B

to blossom forth

vsto bloom

4.6

To grow and develop in a clear, positive way

can mean gradual growth or plant petal production rather than only the first stage

R

to rebloom

vsto bloom

• Specialized

4.4

To produce flowers again in the same season after the first bloom

usually means making petals appear or thriving generally, not only repeated petal shows

Antonyms

D

decline

439 3.9

A gradual loss in amount, quality, or value

W

to wither

91 4.4

To become dry and weak, as with plants or feelings

Idioms

I

in bloom

13 2.3

Having flowers open on a plant or tree

B

bloom is off the rose

• Informal

1 9.2

The first excitement has gone

Compounds

F

full bloom

6 3.0

A plant with its flowers fully open and very beautiful

B

bloom of youth

1 6.3

A time when a young person looks and feels their best

C

cobalt bloom

• Specialized

9.9

A reddish mineral people use to make blue glass that is found in mine veins

V

vernal bloom

6.1

A large area covered with flowers in spring

How Well

to thrive

241 3.2

to bloom

100 2.3

to sprout

68 2.0

bud

370 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology