THRIVING
Dictionary entry overview: What does thriving mean? • THRIVING (adjective)
The adjective THRIVING has 2 senses:
1. very lively and profitable
2. having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life
Familiarity information: THRIVING used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• THRIVING (adjective)
Meaning:
Very lively and profitable
Synonyms:
roaring; prospering; palmy; booming; thriving; flourishing; prosperous
Context examples:
flourishing businesses / a palmy time for stockbrokers / a prosperous new business / doing a roaring trade / a thriving tourist center / did a thriving business in orchids
Similar:
successful (having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome)
Meaning:
Having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life
Synonyms:
flourishing; growing; thriving
Context examples:
flourishing crops / flourishing chicks / a growing boy / fast-growing weeds / a thriving deer population
Similar:
healthy (having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease)
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