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burgeon
Meaning: to grow or expand rapidly
burgeon in a sentence
How burgeon is used in real sentences:
A lively arts district began to burgeon near the abandoned warehouses.
Demand for bicycles continued to burgeon as fuel prices climbed.
“As reports of the experiment began to burgeon across university departments, researchers adapted the procedure to voting, health, and workplace conduct.”
— from the passage Answers Behind a Screen
Synonyms for burgeon
Other words for burgeon — flourish, expand and proliferate — carry the same meaning.
- flourish
- expand
- proliferate
Antonyms of burgeon
Words that mean the opposite of burgeon:
Where it comes from
From Old French burjon, meaning 'bud or young shoot.'
Memory hook
A BURGEONING BUD bursts into rapid growth.