Synonyms for mushroom
ˈmʌʃ rum, -rʊmmush·room

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1. mushroomnoun

   common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)

   Synonyms:
   mushroom-shaped cloud, mushroom cloud

   Antonyms:
   toadstool

2. mushroomnoun

   mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)

   Synonyms:
   mushroom-shaped cloud, mushroom cloud

   Antonyms:
   toadstool

3. mushroomnoun

   any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium

   Synonyms:
   mushroom-shaped cloud, mushroom cloud

   Antonyms:
   toadstool

4. mushroom, mushroom cloud, mushroom-shaped cloudnoun

   a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)

   Synonyms:
   mushroom-shaped cloud, mushroom cloud

   Antonyms:
   toadstool

5. mushroomverb

   fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi

   Synonyms:
   mushroom-shaped cloud, mushroom cloud

   Antonyms:
   toadstool

6. mushroomverb

   pick or gather mushrooms

   "We went mushrooming in the Fall"

   Antonyms:
   toadstool

7. mushroomverb

   grow and spread fast

   "The problem mushroomed"

   Antonyms:
   toadstool

Matched Categories

1. • Agaric
   • Basidiomycete
   • Cloud
   • Grow
   • Pick

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mushroomnoun

   Synonyms:
   cryptogamous plant

2. mushroomnoun

   Synonyms:
   upstart, PARVENU

3. mushroomadjective

   Synonyms:
   ephemeral, short-lived

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

1. mushroomadjective

   Synonyms:
   ephemeral, transitory

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "mushroom":

   fungus, fungi, mushrooms, fungal

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1. John M. Ford:

   I am...a mushroom On whom the dew of heaven drops now and then.

2. Setsuko Thurlow:

   People at a distance saw the mushroom cloud and heard a thunderous roar. But I did not see the cloud because I was in it.

3. Aaron Cassell:

   I just saw a black mushroom cloud go up, typically you dont see a mushroom cloud in the desert.

4. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee:

   Iran has killed hundreds of American soldiers and has the blood of thousands of Christians, Jews, and Muslims on its hands. It shouldn't take a mushroom cloud for the American people to wake-up!

5. Scott C. Holstad:

   i run from my dreams, romantic they are not. rather full of scream scenes, empty death masks, mutilated corpses, the walking dead, society in a mushroom. i run from my dreams and wake to pain without a god and without excuse – I will myself to move knowing i’m one step closer to death.