Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun budding

1 sense of budding

Sense 1
budding -- (reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent)
       => asexual reproduction, agamogenesis -- (reproduction without the fusion of gametes)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bud

2 senses of bud

Sense 1
bud -- (develop buds; "The hibiscus is budding!")
       => develop -- (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment; "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time")

Sense 2
bud -- (start to grow or develop; "a budding friendship")
       => begin, start -- (have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000")

Antonyms of adj budding

1 sense of budding

Sense 1
budding -- (beginning to develop; "a budding genius")

INDIRECT (VIA undeveloped) -> developed -- (being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful; "the developed qualities of the Hellenic outlook"; "they have very small limbs with only two fully developed toes on each")

Similarity of adj budding

1 sense of budding

Sense 1
budding -- (beginning to develop; "a budding genius")
       => undeveloped (vs. developed) -- (not developed; "courses in interior design were rare and undeveloped"; "undeveloped social awareness")