| VERB | perception | boom, din | make a resonant sound, like artillery |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | boom, smash, nail, blast | hit hard | |
| weather | boom, thunder | be the case that thunder / thunder is being heard | |
| perception | boom, boom out | make a deep hollow sound | |
| change | boom, thrive, flourish, expand | grow vigorously | |
| NOUN | event | boom, roar, roaring, thunder | a deep prolonged loud noise |
| state | boom | a state of economic prosperity | |
| event | boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce | a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) | |
| artifact | boom, microphone boom | a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set | |
| artifact | 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 |
| Sounds | buw'm | |
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| Rhymes | abloom ... zoom: 56 rhymes with uwm... | |
| Meaning | A deep prolonged loud noise. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | roar, roaring, thunder | |
| Broader | noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
| Spanish | estruendo, retumbo, trueno | |
| Catalan | tro | |
| Verbs | boom | make a resonant sound, like artillery |
| boom | make a deep hollow sound | |
| Meaning | A state of economic prosperity. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | prosperity | An economic state of growth with rising profits / profits and full employment |
| Spanish | auge | |
| Verbs | boom | grow vigorously |
| Meaning | A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money). | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "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, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce | |
| Broader | happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event | An event that happens |
| Spanish | bonanza | |
| Meaning | A pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | microphone boom | |
| Broader | pole | A long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic |
| Meaning | 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of | sailing vessel, sailing ship | A vessel that is powered by the wind |
| Broader | spar | A stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging |
| Spanish | botalón | |
| Meaning | make a resonant sound, like artillery. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | Cars boom in the streets; The streets boom with cars | |
| Example | "His deep voice boomed through the hall" | |
| Synonym | din | |
| Broader | sound, go | make a certain noise or sound |
| Spanish | tronar | |
| Nouns | boom | a deep prolonged loud noise |
| Meaning | hit hard. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | smash, nail, blast | |
| Broader | hit | Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument |
| Spanish | aplastar, chafar | |
| Catalan | aixafar, esclafar | |
| Meaning | Be the case that thunder / thunder is being heard. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | It is ----ing | |
| Model | It was booming all day long; The business is going to boom | |
| Synonym | thunder | |
| Entails | storm | blow hard |
| Spanish | rugir, tronar | |
| Catalan | rugir, tronar | |
| Meaning | make a deep hollow sound. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Her voice booms out the words of the song" | |
| Synonym | boom out | |
| Broader | sound, go | make a certain noise or sound |
| Spanish | tronar | |
| Catalan | ressonar, tronar | |
| Nouns | boom | a deep prolonged loud noise |
| Meaning | Grow vigorously. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | The business is going to boom | |
| Example | "business is booming" | |
| Synonyms | thrive, flourish, expand | |
| Narrower | luxuriate | Thrive profusely or flourish extensively |
| revive | Be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength | |
| Broader | grow | Become larger / larger, greater, or bigger |
| Spanish | crecer, florecer, medrar, prosperar | |
| Catalan | créixer, prosperar | |
| Nouns | boom | a state of economic prosperity |
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