buddingadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈbʌd.ɪŋ/us/ˈbʌd.ɪŋ/beginning to develop or show signs of future success in a particular area:
While still at school she was clearly a budding genius.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Potential
- accident
- an accident waiting to happen idiom
- auspicious
- be an actor, cook, etc. in the making idiom
- fertile
- fertile ground for sth idiom
- not be beyond the wit of man/sb idiom
- potential
- potentiality
- potentially
- promise
- promising
- prospect
- room
- room for improvement idiom
- rosy
- sleeper
- untapped
- viable
- wit
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