Antonyms for Flower
ˈflaʊ ərflow·er

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.3 / 4 votes

1. flower

   Antonyms:
   disappointment, deformity, blot, abortion, scum, dregs, blight

   Synonyms:
   perfection, blossom, bloom, acme, pride, ornament, gem, cream

Matched Categories

1. • Develop
   • Flowering Plant
   • Reproductive Structure

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. flowernoun

   a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

   Synonyms:
   blossom, bloom, peak, flush, efflorescence, heyday, prime

2. flower, bloom, blossomnoun

   reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts

   Synonyms:
   prime, peak, blush, efflorescence, salad days, blossom, rosiness, flower, heyday, blooming, bloom of youth, flush, bloom

3. flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flushverb

   the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

   Synonyms:
   skin rash, charge, anthesis, bloom, heyday, outpouring, efflorescence, blossom, rash, crown, visor, crest, florescence, inflorescence, peak, kick, elevation, point, flowering, vizor, prime, meridian, blossoming, bloom of youth, apex, hot flash, boot, eyeshade, bill, prime of life, thrill, extremum, rosiness, blooming, salad days, rush, blush, acme, gush, roseola, pinnacle, flower, flush, prime quantity, top, superlative, bang, tiptop, vertex, summit, tip, height

4. bloom, blossom, flowerverb

   produce or yield flowers

   "The cherry tree bloomed"

   Synonyms:
   blossom, flower, bloom, unfold, blossom forth, blossom out

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flowernoun

   Synonyms:
   blossom, bloom, floret, floweret (little flower)

   Associated words:
   floral, floricultural, floriculture, florist, floriculturist, florilege, florification, floriferous, botany, botanical, botanist, botanize, inflorescence, estivation, anther, petal, calyx, corolla, sepal, anthesis, anthography, anthoid, antholite, anthology, anthomania, anthophagous, anthophilous, anthotaxy, bouquet, bract, corona, corymb, cyme, chloranthy, efflorescence, flora, perianth, pistil, pistillate, staminate, pollen, prefloration raceme, reflorescence, pollinate, pollination, stamen, stigma, umbel, verticil, verticillate, whorl, spadix

How to use Flower in a sentence?

1. Jennifer Andresen:

   It bothers me that I can't look at a picture, like a lotus flower, it's like it's crawling on me, like the picture is on me. I get dizzy, I feel nauseated and my head hurts. I have an anxiety attack times a thousand, like I'm jumping out of my skin.

2. Andrew Leslie:

   The very end of that evolutionary history of specialization is something like a flower.

3. Jacob Bronowski:

   The world is full of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.

4. Robert Spicer:

   Flowering plants reproduce more quickly than other plants, have more complex breeding mechanisms -- a wide variety of flower forms, for example, often in close' collaboration' with pollinators. This drives mutual coevolution of many lineages of plants and animals, shaping ecosystems.

5. H. Jackson Brown Jr.:

   Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.”

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