Synonyms for mushroom
ˈmʌʃ rum, -rʊmmush·room

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1. mushroomnoun

   common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)

   Synonyms:
   mushroom-shaped cloud, mushroom cloud

   Antonyms:
   toadstool

2. mushroomnoun

   mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)

   Synonyms:
   mushroom-shaped cloud, mushroom cloud

   Antonyms:
   toadstool

3. mushroomnoun

   any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium

   Synonyms:
   mushroom-shaped cloud, mushroom cloud

   Antonyms:
   toadstool

4. mushroom, mushroom cloud, mushroom-shaped cloudnoun

   a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)

   Synonyms:
   mushroom-shaped cloud, mushroom cloud

   Antonyms:
   toadstool

5. mushroomverb

   fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi

   Synonyms:
   mushroom-shaped cloud, mushroom cloud

   Antonyms:
   toadstool

6. mushroomverb

   pick or gather mushrooms

   "We went mushrooming in the Fall"

   Antonyms:
   toadstool

7. mushroomverb

   grow and spread fast

   "The problem mushroomed"

   Antonyms:
   toadstool

Matched Categories

1. • Agaric
   • Basidiomycete
   • Cloud
   • Grow
   • Pick

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mushroomnoun

   Synonyms:
   cryptogamous plant

2. mushroomnoun

   Synonyms:
   upstart, PARVENU

3. mushroomadjective

   Synonyms:
   ephemeral, short-lived

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mushroomadjective

   Synonyms:
   ephemeral, transitory

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "mushroom":

   fungus, fungi, mushrooms, fungal

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1. Aaron Cassell:

   I just saw a black mushroom cloud go up, typically you dont see a mushroom cloud in the desert.

2. Sharon Palmer:

   If you have a mean lasagna recipe, skip the meat and add layers of greens, broccoli and peppers and perhaps some pine nuts and cashew cheese instead of the meat and cheese. If you love Taco Tuesday, make your tacos veggie by skipping the meat and serving black beans or a vegetarian mushroom tofu filling.

3. Jeremy Corbyn:

   It's been fascinating - and exhilarating - watching this movement mushroom over the last few weeks, this campaign is about spreading a message of hope and change based on the central choice - five years or more of continued austerity, or a plan for investment and growth that stands up for the majority.

4. Robert Graham:

   One of my favorite things to cook is a lentil, mushroom, tomato Bolognese( see recipe for Vegan Bolognese below). I love it because it's stealth health — people think they are eating meat.

5. Bruno David:

   We know for sure it is not a plant but we don't really if it's an animal or a fungus, it behaves very surprisingly for something that looks like a mushroom (...) it has the behavior of an animal, it is able to learn.