thriving

[thrahy-ving] / ˈθraɪ vɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

successful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

booming burgeoning developing flourishing growing healthy prosperous robust wealthy

STRONG

advancing arrived blooming cooking progressing prospering roaring rolling

WEAK

doing well going strong have it made have the wherewithal home free on top of heap prolific rich sitting pretty

Antonyms

STRONGEST

failing infirm poor unhealthy

WEAK

declining languishing losing

Example Sentences

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Buddhism-themed tourism is thriving and tens of thousands of locals and foreigners sign up every year for "temple stay" retreats where they eat simple monastic food, do chores and meditate.

From Barron's • Jul. 7, 2026

Makhijani is not prominent outside Orange County real estate circles, but he established a thriving distressed-assets business over the last decade that attracted prominent Southern California real estate investors.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2026

There are a number of reasons why the winners have been thriving.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 6, 2026

Yet he also became extraordinarily adept at navigating and thriving within giant corporations.

From Salon • Jul. 5, 2026

At the time, Mom and her partners in the nursing homes were negotiating to sell the business, which was thriving.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

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