Words Like MUSHROOM

We have put together a list of words that are similar to MUSHROOM.

6 Alternative Words Similar to mushroom

1 Toadstool Noun      Antonym
2 Cull Verb      Synonym Words Like Cull
3 Grow Verb      Synonym Words Like Grow
4 Pick Verb      Synonym Words Like Pick
5 Pluck Verb      Synonym Words Like Pluck
6 Veg Noun      Hypernym

10 definitions of mushroom

1 A cryptogamic plant of the class Fungi: applied in a general sense to almost any of the larger, conspicuous fungi, such as toadstools, puffballs, Hydnei, etc., but more particularly to the agaricoid fungi and especially to the edible forms.
2 An upstart; one who rises rapidly from a low condition in life.
3 A small mushroom-shaped protuberance that sometimes forms on the end of the negative carbon in arc-lamps.
4 Of or pertaining to mushrooms; made of mushrooms: as, mushroom sauce.
5 Resembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth and in unsubstantiality; ephemeral; upstart: as, mushroom aristocracy.
6 To elevate suddenly in position or rank.
7 Having the form or shape of a mushroom or toadstool; formed like the segment of a sphere; said of valves, anchors, etc.
8 To spread out at the top in a form resembling that of a mushroom; curve over at the top; curve down from the top like a mushroom.
9 Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).
10 A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.
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