Synonyms of the word

flower

• n. A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various…
• n. (botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and…
• n. A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood.
• n. (usually with in) Of plants, a state of bearing blooms.
• n. (euphemistic, hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora.
• n. (idiomatic) The best examples or representatives of a group.
• n. The best state of things; the prime.
• n. (obsolete) Flour.
• n. (in the plural, chemistry, obsolete) A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from…
• n. A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
• n. (printing) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc.
• n. (in the plural) Menstrual discharges.
• v. (intransitive) To put forth blooms.
• v. (intransitive) To reach a state of full development or achievement.
• v. (intransitive) To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
• v. (intransitive) To come off as flowers by sublimation.
• n. (rare) Something that flows, such as a river.

angiosperm

• n. (botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering…
• adj. (botany) pertaining to the angiosperms.

bloom

• n. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
• n. Flowers, collectively.
• n. (uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
• n. (figuratively) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor/vigour; an opening to higher perfection,…
• n. The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums,…
• n. Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
• n. The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
• n. A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
• n. (mineralogy) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals.
• n. (cooking) A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
• v. (transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
• v. (transitive) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
• v. (intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing…
• n. The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.

blossom

• n. A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.
• n. The state or season of producing such flowers.
• n. (figuratively) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
• n. The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.
• v. (intransitive) To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.
• v. (intransitive) To begin to thrive or flourish.

develop

• v. (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
• v. (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
• v. (transitive) To create.
• v. (transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.
• v. (transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.
• v. (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.
• v. (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving…
• v. (mathematics) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations…

efflorescence

• n. (chemistry) The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form…
• n. (botany) The production of flowers.
• n. (construction) An encrustation of soluble salts, commonly white, deposited on the surface of stone, brick,…
• n. (geology) An encrustation of soluble salts, deposited on rock or soil by evaporation; often found in arid…
• n. (figuratively) Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc.
• n. (pathology) A redness, rash, or eruption on the skin.

flush

• n. A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc.
• v. (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
• v. (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
• adj. Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
• adj. Wealthy or well off.
• adj. (typography) Short for flush left and right; a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
• adj. Full of vigour; fresh; glowing; bright.
• adj. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
• n. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
• n. Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
• n. A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind;…
• n. Any tinge of red colour like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
• n. A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
• v. (transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
• v. (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
• v. (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or…
• v. (transitive) To cause to blush.
• v. To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
• v. (transitive) To excite, inflame.
• v. (intransitive, of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
• v. (transitive, computing) To clear (a buffer) of its contents.
• v. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
• v. To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
• v. (masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
• v. (mining, intransitive) To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient,…
• v. (mining) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which,…
• n. (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.

heyday

• n. A period of success, popularity, or power; prime.
• interj. A lively greeting.
• interj. (obsolete) An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder.

peak

• n. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
• n. The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
• n. (geography) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
• n. (geography) The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
• n. (nautical) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
• n. (nautical) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
• n. (nautical) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
• n. (mathematics) A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is…
• v. To reach a highest degree or maximum.
• v. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
• v. (intransitive) To become sick or wan.
• v. (intransitive) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
• v. (intransitive) To pry; to peep slyly.
• v. Misspelling of pique.

period

• adj. Appropriate for a given historical era.
• adj. (of a film, or play, or similar) Set in and designed to evoke a particular historical period, especially…
• interj. (chiefly Canada, US) And nothing else; and nothing less; used for emphasis.
• n. A length of time.
• n. A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
• n. (now chiefly Canada, US) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
• n. The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition…
• n. Female menstruation.
• n. A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.
• n. Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.
• n. (chiefly Canada, US) Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided.
• n. (obsolete, medicine) The length of time for a disease to run its course.
• n. An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc.
• n. (rhetoric) A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic…
• n. (obsolete) A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.
• n. (chemistry) A row in the periodic table of the elements.
• n. (geology) A subdivision of an era, typically lasting from tens to hundreds of millions of years, see Appendix:…
• n. (genetics) A Drosophila gene which gene product is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.
• n. (music) Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).
• n. (mathematics) One of several similar sets of figures or terms usually marked by points or commas placed…
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To come to a period; to conclude.
• v. (obsolete, transitive, rare) To put an end to.

prime

• adj. First in importance, degree, or rank.
• adj. First in time, order, or sequence.
• adj. First in excellence, quality, or value.
• adj. (mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
• adj. (mathematics, technical) Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
• adj. (mathematics) Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals.
• adj. Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
• adj. Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
• adj. (obsolete) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
• n. (historical) The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
• n. (Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour.
• n. (obsolete) The early morning generally.
• n. (now rare) The earliest stage of something.
• n. The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
• n. The chief or best individual or part.
• n. (music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.
• n. (fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword…
• n. (algebra, number theory) A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.
• n. (card games) A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of…
• n. (backgammon) Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing.
• n. The symbol ′.
• n. (chemistry, obsolete) Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element;…
• n. An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
• n. (obsolete) The priming in a flintlock.
• v. (transitive) To prepare a mechanism for its main work.
• v. (transitive) To apply a coat of primer paint to.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be renewed.
• v. (intransitive) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
• v. (intransitive, of a steam boiler) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes…
• v. To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
• v. To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to coach.
• v. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) To trim or prune.
• v. (mathematics) To mark with a prime mark.
• n. (cycling) An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.