blossom

1. 1.

   produce or yield flowers

   “The cherry tree bloomed”

   Synonymsbloomflower

   Broaderdevelop

   Narrowereffloresce
2. 2.

   develop or come to a promising stage

   “Youth blossomed into maturity”

   Synonymsblossom outblossom forthunfold

   Broaderdevelop

Other forms of blossom

plural

blossoms·

past tense

blossommed·

present participle

blossomming·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about blossom

What does blossom mean?

blossom means "reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in blossom?

blossom has 2 syllables: blos-som. The stress falls on "blos". In IPA it is /ˈblɑsəm/.

What is another word for blossom?

Close synonyms include flower, bloom, flower, prime, peak. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blossom a common word?

blossom is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.