booming
adjective
[ ˈbuːmɪŋ ]
• having a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth.
• "the booming economy of the 1920s"
Similar:
flourishing,
burgeoning,
thriving,
prospering,
prosperous,
successful,
strong,
vigorous,
buoyant,
productive,
profitable,
fruitful,
lucrative,
growing,
developing,
progressing,
improving,
expanding,
mushrooming,
snowballing,
ballooning,
fast-growing,
going strong,
• (of a sound or voice) loud, deep, and resonant.
• "his booming voice"
Similar:
resonant,
sonorous,
ringing,
resounding,
reverberating,
reverberative,
reverberant,
reverberatory,
carrying,
thundering,
thunderous,
rumbling,
roaring,
very loud,
strident,
stentorian,
strong,
powerful,
full,
full-toned,
rich,
deep,
deep-toned,
baritone,
bass,
canorous,
stentorious,
• struck with great force.
• "a booming kick from the touchline"
boom
verb
• make a loud, deep, resonant sound.
• "thunder boomed in the sky"
Similar:
reverberate,
resound,
resonate,
rumble,
thunder,
ring out,
sound loudly,
blare,
echo,
fill the air,
crack,
crash,
roll,
clap,
explode,
bang,
blast,
Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): ultimately imitative; perhaps from Dutch bommen ‘to hum, buzz’.
boom
verb
• experience a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth.
• "business is booming"
Origin:
late 19th century (originally US): probably from boom1.
boom boom
• an exclamation made after delivering the punchline of a joke.
