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burgeoning

burgeoning

5 6.5
Starting to grow quickly, like a new business or neighbourhood
  • adjective
  • /ˈbɜrdʒənɪŋ/
translation icon : en expansión
  • With a burgeoning population, the city is rapidly expanding its infrastructure to accommodate new residents.
  • burgeoning population
  • burgeoning literature
  • burgeoning market

Brennan and Frank had this burgeoning stable of fighters.

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Examples

  • How can Canada seek to regulate this new, burgeoning method of distribution?

    Academic text (1998)
  • It's a burgeoning market, you're gonna make a fortune.

  • This created a new threat to the burgeoning united England.

  • Is there a burgeoning crime scene up there?

  • So we see this burgeoning student loan debt problem.

  • But internationally, Earth Day seems to have tapped into an already burgeoning environmental awareness.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Hispanic individuals are a rapidly burgeoning minority in the United States today.

    Blog text (17)
  • I want to talk about your recent travels and what's going on with Shrimu and your burgeoning career as an entrepreneur.

  • Art making may be a solitary business, but institutions of the arts became a burgeoning collective enterprise in the 1970s and 1980s.

    Academic text (1996)
  • At present, newcomers are a burgeoning population of ESL students who stand at the intersection of education, language, and content.

    Academic text (2002)

Synonyms

fast-growing
vsburgeoning
67 3.5

Something that gets much bigger or more common very quickly

is at an initial stage while also expanding quickly
nascent
vsburgeoning
  • Formal
16 8.1

Beginning to exist and showing signs of future growth

specifies that the beginning includes rapid development rather than mere origin
thriving
vsburgeoning
6 3.8

Growing and very successful, like a busy café or arts scene

is more about early rapid expansion rather than sustained success
emerging
vsburgeoning
3 4.1

Starting to appear and become important

emphasizes both the start and unusually rapid subsequent growth
budding
vsburgeoning
3 4.1

Beginning to show promise in a job or activity

adds that this beginning involves fast expansion rather than just promise
booming
vsburgeoning
1 3.4

A town or business that is growing quickly and doing well

focuses on the start of rapid development rather than full success
roaring
vsburgeoning
1 4.1

Very successful and making a lot of money

refers to the beginning phase of fast development rather than peak profit
flourishing
vsburgeoning
1 4.2

Growing quickly and doing well, like a business or town

is about starting rapid growth rather than established long success
boomy
vsburgeoning
7.0

Growing quickly and doing very well, especially in business

highlights the early phase of fast expansion rather than broad prosperity
ballooning
vsburgeoning
4.1

Growing very quickly in size or cost

refers to beginning rapid development rather than only growing in size
prospering
vsburgeoning
3.5

Growing and doing well, especially in business

focuses on initial rapid development rather than steady financial success

Antonyms

Becoming less in size, number, amount or importance

How Quickly

burgeoning
5 6.5
growing
1 1.7
budding
3 4.1
emerging
3 4.1
nascent
  • Formal
16 8.1

Surface Forms

burgeoning positive

Morphology

burgeoning = burgeon (transparent) = burgeon + ing

The adjective 'burgeoning' is transparently derived from the verb 'burgeon' by adding the suffix '-ing', indicating a continuous or ongoing action.

Etymology

Burgeoning comes from the old French word bourgeon, which meant a 'bud' on a plant, so think of something beginning to open and grow. That's why burgeoning means starting to grow or expand quickly.