Definition of Thriving

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succeeding, prospering
prosper, flourish, succeed, grow stronger
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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thriving
adj
1. very lively and profitable; "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" [syn: booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring]


2. having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life; "flourishing crops"; "flourishing chicks"; "a growing boy"; "fast-growing weeds"; "a thriving deer population" [syn: flourishing, growing]



JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Hydwf = a. luxuriant, thriving
Prifiad = n. a thriving, a growing
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Adjective
1. very lively and profitable; "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"
(synonym) booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring
(similar) successful
2. having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life; "flourishing crops"; "flourishing chicks"; "a growing boy"; "fast-growing weeds"; "a thriving deer population"
(synonym) flourishing, growing
(similar) healthy

Verb
1. grow stronger; "The economy was booming"
(synonym) boom, prosper, get ahead, flourish, expand
(hypernym) grow
(hyponym) revive
2. gain in wealth
(synonym) prosper, fly high, flourish
(hypernym) change state, turn
Thriving Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Thriving, a medical and common language term used to describe a condition beyond mere , implies growth and positive development, and is applied to humans and other animals.

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