pullulate

pullulate is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 17 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly.
2. verb. breed freely and abundantly
3. verb. become abundant; increase rapidly
4. verb. produce buds, branches, or germinate

   "the potatoes sprouted"

   Synonyms: bourgeon, germinate, shoot, sprout, spud

5. verb. move in large numbers

   "people were pouring out of the theater"

   "beggars pullulated in the plaza"

   Synonyms: pour, stream, swarm, teem

6. verb. be teeming, be abuzz

   "The garden was swarming with bees"

   "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"

   Synonyms: swarm, teem

Synonyms

bourgeon, germinate, shoot, sprout, spud, pour, stream, swarm, teem

Common word forms

pullulated, pullulates, pullulating

Words from these letters

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