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- [thrahyv]
- /θraɪv/
- /θraɪv/
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- [thrahyv]
- /θraɪv/
Definitions of thriving word
- verb without object thriving to prosper; be fortunate or successful. 1
- verb without object thriving to grow or develop vigorously; flourish: The children thrived in the country. 1
- adjective thriving business 1
- adjective thriving growing strongly 1
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Origin of thriving
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English thriven < Old Norse thrīfast to thrive, reflexive of thrīfa to grasp
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Parts of speech for Thriving
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
thriving popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
thriving usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for thriving
noun thriving
- abundance — An abundance of something is a large quantity of it.
- ampleness — fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough: an ample supply of water; ample time to finish.
- clover — Clover is a small plant with pink or white ball-shaped flowers.
- dos — any of several single-user, command-driven operating systems for personal computers, especially MS DOS.
- good time — time deducted from an inmate's sentence for good behavior while in prison.
adj thriving
- ahead of the game — in the position of winning, esp. in gambling
- at ease — If you are at ease, you are feeling confident and relaxed, and are able to talk to people without feeling nervous or anxious. If you put someone at their ease, you make them feel at ease.
- blooming — Blooming is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying, especially when they are annoyed.
- booming — perceived as too loud
- boomy — characterized by an exaggerated or excessive bass sound
adjective thriving
- advancing — to move or bring forward: The general advanced his troops to the new position.
- alive — If people or animals are alive, they are not dead.
- arrived — to come to a certain point in the course of travel; reach one's destination: He finally arrived in Rome.
- lush — (of vegetation, plants, grasses, etc.) luxuriant; succulent; tender and juicy.
- mainline — to inject a narcotic, especially heroin, directly into a vein.
Antonyms for thriving
adjective thriving
- dying — ceasing to live; approaching death; expiring: a dying man.
- failing — Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: Their app update is a massive fail. the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: His online post is full of fail. a person who fails in this way.
- losing — causing or suffering loss.
- moribund — in a dying state; near death.
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