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, 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, 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, bloom, unfold, blossom forth, blossom out

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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. John Muir:

   There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords.

2. Benjamin Johnson:

   It is not growing like a tree in bulk doth make man better be Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere, A lily of a day is fairer in May Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant of flower and light, In small proportions we just beauties see And in short measures, life may perfect be.

3. Ancient Egyptian:

   Not every beautiful flower has a beautiful flagrant scent.

4. J. M. Coetzee, Disgrace (novel):

   In the whole wretched business there was something generous that was doing its best to flower.

5. Waight Keller:

   The veil was a huge part of the conversations that we had early on. We talked about what we wanted to do in terms of trying to embrace some of the royal connections in there, and a lot of the work that she's going to probably do in the future is going to be connected to the Commonwealth ... and I said 'wouldn't it be amazing if we took the 53 countries of the Commonwealth and embroidered a flower and some flora and fauna from each one of those and that they would go up the aisle, that journey up the aisle with you'.

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