Synonyms of flowering

flowering 1 of 3

adjective

as in blooming

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blooming
• burgeoning
• flourishing
• blossoming
• unfinished
• unripe
• undeveloped
• infantile
• green
• childlike
• unformed
• childish
• emergent
• unripened
• embryonic
• babyish
• unfledged
• inexperienced
• infantine
• callow
• young
• teenage
• puerile
• teenaged
• youthful
• minor
• kiddish
• underage
• subadult
• raw
• adolescent
• juvenile
• immature
• youngish
• ephebic
• preteen

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mature
• adult
• matured
• ancient
• old
• older
• senescent
• senior
• elderly
• aging
• geriatric
• aged
• long-lived
• ripe
• ripened
• oldish
• golden
• full-blown
• ageing
• full-fledged
• mellow
• grown-up
• senile
• middle-aged
• decrepit
• over-the-hill
• doddering
• spavined
• tottery
• anile

flowering

2 of 3

noun

as in blossoming

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blossoming
• ripening
• maturation
• maturing
• flourishing
• growth
• development
• softening
• evolution
• mellowing
• maturity
• expansion
• evolvement
• progression
• coming-of-age

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decay
• declining
• decline
• degeneration
• deterioration
• descent
• decadence
• decaying
• wilting
• fading
• declension
• waning
• withering
• death
• end
• demise
• exit
• expiration
• dying
• shrivelling
• shriveling
• decease
• perishing
• regression
• expiry
• reversion
• ebbing
• retrogression
• expiring

flowering

3 of 3

verb

present participle of flower

as in unfolding

to produce flowers

the plant will keep flowering if you water it and regularly cut off the dead blossoms

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blooming
• blossoming
• unfolding
• burgeoning
• bourgeoning
• leaving
• leafing
• blowing
• efflorescing
• budding
• opening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fading
• wilting
• withering
• drying up
• dying
• shriveling
• shrivelling
• dropping
• expiring
• perishing

Examples of flowering in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Some enthusiasts say hardneck garlic has a richer, more pungent flavor than non-flowering types, but not all gardeners agree, Bubl said. —oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2021

Cohen also said 18- to 34-year-olds bought more flowering and leafy houseplants last year than any other age group. —BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2021

Noun

The buds should be clear not amber with the leaves picked while the plant is in the full flowering stage. —Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024

As the Iraqi army crumbled and US troops raced to Baghdad, the George W. Bush administration entertained fantasies that the fall of Saddam Hussein would lead to the toppling of regimes in Tehran and Damascus, and ignite a flowering of liberal democracies across the region. —Ben Wedeman, CNN, 29 Sep. 2024