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booming

/bumɪŋ/
/ˈbumɪŋ/
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Other forms: boomingly

Something that's booming is growing fast or becoming prosperous, like your booming lemonade stand, which has the neighbors lining up down the block to buy a cup.

Use this adjective to describe an incredibly successful business, like the booming fireworks sales before the Fourth of July, or anything else that's making money, like your city's booming economy. A different meaning is "deep and resonant," as in a basso opera singer's booming voice. This definition is the older of the two, from boom, "make a deep sound," with the "thriving" meaning from a later use of boom, "burst into prosperity."

Definitions of booming
  1. adjective
    having a loud and deep sound
    synonyms: stentorian
    full
    (of sound) having marked deepness and body
  2. adjective
    very lively and profitable
    successful
    having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
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