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flourishing

flourishing

1 4.2
Growing quickly and doing well, like a business or town
  • adjective
  • /ˈflʌrɪʃɪŋ/
translation icon : floreciente
  • The community has become a flourishing center for art and creativity in recent years.
  • more flourishing

They have like the most like flourishing societies.

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Examples

  • After the new park was built, the neighborhood became a flourishing place for families and children.

  • Then China is quote the richest and most flourishing empire in the world.

  • As such, this wall painting is an important survival of a once flourishing Buddhist monastery in China.

  • Thomas Jenys of Charlestown sent word that on his trip to Savannah in April 1738, he had observed that "the public garden was in a very good and flourishing plight."

    Academic text (2009)
  • The startup has shown flourishing growth, attracting many investors and customers.

Synonyms

prosperous
vsflourishing
83 4.1

Doing well and having a lot of money

develops rapidly and successfully and covers success beyond money
thriving
vsflourishing
6 3.8

Growing and very successful, like a busy café or arts scene

develops rapidly and successfully in a broad way
burgeoning
vsflourishing
5 6.5

Starting to grow quickly, like a new business or neighbourhood

develops rapidly and successfully but is not yet fully established
booming
vsflourishing
1 3.4

A town or business that is growing quickly and doing well

develops rapidly and successfully but with broader prosperity sense
roaring
vsflourishing
1 4.1

Very successful and making a lot of money

develops rapidly and successfully but more about trade profits
palmy
vsflourishing
  • Archaic
1 8.6

A time when things are very successful and growing

develops rapidly and successfully and often implies ongoing growth
prospering
vsflourishing
3.5

Growing and doing well, especially in business

develops rapidly and successfully not only financially

Antonyms

439 3.9

A gradual loss in amount, quality, or value

How Successful

booming
1 3.4
thriving
6 3.8
flourishing
1 4.2
prosperous
83 4.1
growing
1 1.7

Surface Forms

flourishing positive

Morphology

flourishing = flourish (transparent) = flourish + ing

Adjectival present-participle formed from the verb 'flourish' with an easily inferable meaning 'thriving'.

Etymology

The word flourishing comes from the same root as flower, which means 'bloom'. So to be flourishing is like a plant in full bloom, growing strongly and being successful.