Unscramble boom

Definition of boom

noun:

• a deep prolonged loud noise. Synonyms: roar, roaring, thunder.
• a state of economic prosperity.
• a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line". Synonyms: bonanza, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall.
• a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set. Synonyms: microphone boom.
• any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring.

verb:

• make a resonant sound, like artillery; "His deep voice boomed through the hall". Synonyms: din.
• hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer". Synonyms: blast, nail, smash.
• be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed". Synonyms: thunder.
• make a deep hollow sound; "Her voice booms out the words of the song". Synonyms: boom out.
• grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving", "business is booming". Synonyms: expand, flourish, thrive.

Related words

luxuriate, revive.

Words nearby

bloom, boo, boob, book, boon, boor, boot, bosom, broom, doom, loom, room, zoom.

Rhymes with

abloom, assume, bloom, broom, consume, costume, doom, entomb, exhume, flume, fume, gloom, groom, hume, khartoum, loom, perfume, plume, presume, resume.