Definitions

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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Kennedy claimed a “relative” of his who went through the program “lost all of her diagnoses and lives a thriving life now.”

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

YA fiction is still thriving but is overwhelmingly the domain of adult women.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Retail outposts, brick-and-mortar food joints, and text-based media have not been thriving sectors for a while now, but they’ve been especially shellacked in the weird post-pandemic economy.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

But thriving in a complex environment of high performers is a challenge many coaches have struggled with - personally and tactically - when taking the step up.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

I was thinking of his rows of thriving crops.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

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