If you describe someone as, for example, a budding businessman or a budding artist, you mean that they are starting to succeed or become interested in business or art.
The forum is now open to all budding entrepreneurs.
Budding writers are told to write about what they know.
Synonyms: developing, beginning, growing, promising More Synonyms of budding
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
You use budding to describe a situation that is just beginning.
Our budding romance was over.
...Russia's budding democracy.
budding in British English
(ˈbʌdɪŋ)
adjective
at an early stage of development but showing promise or potential
a budding genius
budding in American English
(ˈbʌdɪŋ)
noun
a type of asexual reproduction in which a new individual or branch develops from an outgrowth on the body of a plant or certain lower animals
Word origin
see , bud1 (sense 3)
Examples of 'budding' in a sentence
budding
Hardly what Miss Melville would have expected from a budding young executive.
Smith, Evelyn E MISS MELVILLE REGRETS (2001)
Just as any budding Tory candidate dragged his wife along to the selection committee, to have her looked over by the locals.
Barnard, Robert POLITICAL SUICIDE (2001)
Some of the smaller trees and shrubs had survived the destruction, and their branches were budding.
Clive Barker GALILEE (2001)
The mountainside was alive with blooms: dogwood, rhododendron, flame azaleas, along with budding mountain laurel.
Susan Elizabeth Phillips NOBODY'S BABY BUT MINE (2001)
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British English: budding ADJECTIVE
If you describe someone as, for example, a budding businessman, you mean that they are starting to succeed or become interested in business.
The forum is now open to all budding entrepreneurs.