Definition of Booming

1. Adjective. Very lively and profitable. "Did a thriving business in orchids"

Exact synonyms: Flourishing, Palmy, Prospering, Prosperous, Roaring, Thriving
Similar to: Successful
Derivative terms: Prosperity

2. Adjective. Used of the voice.
Exact synonyms: Stentorian
Similar to: Full
Derivative terms: Stentor

Definition of Booming

1. a. Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding.

2. n. The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound; a violent rushing with heavy roar; as, the booming of the sea; a deep, hollow sound; as, the booming of bitterns.

Definition of Booming

1. Verb. (present participle of boom) ¹

2. Noun. The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Booming

1. boom [v] - See also: boom

Lexicographical Neighbors of Booming

boomerang baby
boomerang child
boomerang children
boomerang kid
boomeranged
boomeranger
boomerangers
boomeranging
boomeranglike
boomerangs
boomeritis
boomers
boomier
boomiest
boominess
booming (current term)
boomingly
boomings
boomkin
boomkins
boomlet
boomlets
boomlike
boomorah
booms
boomsayer
boomsayers
boomshanka
boomslang
boomslange

Literary usage of Booming

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1887)
"booming companies are commonly authorized and empowered by the law under which ... 377- The fact that the booming Companies Act gives booming companies a ..."

2. The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided by Isaac Grant Thompson, Irving Browne (1876)
"booming Company, 27 Mich. 533. But at periods when there is no highway at all, there is no ground for asserting a right to create a highway by means which ..."

3. Profiting from Chaos: : Using Chaos Theory for Market Timing, Stock by Tonis Vaga (1994)
"... Megatrends: A booming Global Economy Naisbitt coined the term megatrends. His best-selling book with that title, published in 1982, identified 10 ..."

4. Gold and Silver: Comprising an Economic History of Mining in the United by Walter Richard Crane (1908)
"However, as ground-sluicing and booming, or hushing, especially the former are still used, and will probably continue to be employed by individuals with ..."

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