<p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to grow or develop quickly; flourish: The town burgeoned into a city. He burgeoned into a fine actor.</li><li>Synonyms: thrive, mushroom, blossom, bloom</li><li>to be brimming or filled to bursting; abound (usually followed by with): All the new students are burgeoning with energy and potential. The kitchen drawers were burgeoning with tea towels.</li><li>to begin to grow, as a bud; put forth buds, shoots, etc., as a plant (often followed by out, forth).</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a bud; sprout.</li></ul>