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budding

budding

3 4.1
Beginning to show promise in a job or activity
  • adjective
  • /ˈbʌdɪŋ/
translation icon : emergente
  • Budding filmmakers looking to make a name for themselves are encouraged to film their own Doritos Super Bowl commercial.
  • budding entrepreneur
  • budding filmmaker
  • budding artist

For example, you weren't an athlete or you were not the budding mathematician.

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Examples

  • The college's incubator program is designed to support budding entrepreneurs by providing mentorship and resources.

  • Budding professionals in the field face an identity crisis.

    Academic text (1996)
  • So I see a budding friendship, if not romance.

  • Premium Sports Center is the brainchild of a young and budding media company.

    Blog text (10)
  • Budding IT and cloud specialists can learn more about private clouds and their advantages in the Oracle training classes they attend.

    Blog text (6)
  • The CSDA is aimed at recent or budding college graduates, and the CSDP at practitioners with experience.

    Blog text (19)
  • It amazes me at how complicated such a simple job is to so many young budding hosts and hostesses.

  • Despite her young age, Lisa is a budding artist who has already exhibited her work in several galleries.

  • As a budding scientist, Jacob is eager to share his innovative research ideas with the academic community.

Synonyms

promising
vsbudding
203 3.1

Showing signs of future success

is about early development with weaker signs of future success
up-and-coming
vsbudding
30 4.0

Likely to become successful or popular soon

is an earlier stage that only hints at later success
fledgling
vsbudding
15 6.4

Describes a person or organization that has little experience

emphasizes youth and inexperience rather than showing success signs
burgeoning
vsbudding
5 6.5

Starting to grow quickly, like a new business or neighbourhood

highlights fast growth rather than clear signs of future success
emergent
vsbudding
5 6.4

Starting to appear or become important

focuses on initial emergence rather than clear success potential

Antonyms

19 6.8

A period when activity and growth stop, often in business or the economy

How Promising

promising
203 3.1
budding
3 4.1
nascent
  • Formal
16 8.1
untried
5 5.3

Surface Forms

budding positive

Morphology

budding = bud (semi-transparent) = bud + ing

The adjective is a participial use of 'bud' + '-ing' extended metaphorically to mean 'beginning to develop', which is predictable but somewhat figurative.

Etymology

Budding comes from the word bud, a 'small growth', and carries the image of something just starting to grow. So when we call someone a budding artist or scientist, we mean they are at the beginning of their development and may grow into something greater.