Synonyms for bud

Most common

marijuana · cannabis · nug · blossom · germ · budset

All synonyms

Noun

Verb

Definitions

1. n. 1

   Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the "bud"), or marijuana generally. Cannabis that has been taken from the flowering part of the plant intended to be smoked.

2. v. 1

   To form buds.

   The trees are finally starting to bud.

Related words

Word family

buddy budder buddo

Phrases

kine bud cotton bud cotton wool bud bud grafting ear bud kind bud pancreatic bud strawberry bud weevil

Forms

Plural

buds → cannabises, marijuanas, nugs, blossoms…

Past participle

budded
e.g. budded → sprouted, shot, germinated, vegetated…

Example sentences

• marijuana Sami found six marijuana bricks in Layla's trunk.
• cannabis Cannabis does different things to different people.
• nug It's Hanukkah weed. One nug lasted for eight days in the vaporizer.
• blossom The city of Mito was crowded with blossom viewers.
• germ Antibodies work by attaching themselves to an invading germ.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

guy¹, nug

4 letters

germ¹

5 letters

shoot¹, buddy²

6 letters

sprout¹, budset

7 letters

blossom², burgeon²

8 letters

cannabis³, vegetate³, bourgeon

9 letters

marijuana⁴, germinate³, pullulate

11 letters

development⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (buddy² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

bourgeon

Español

brote

Deutsch

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