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[ adjective ] very lively and profitable
Synonyms Examples "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" Used in print (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)After more years of concentrated effort , Roy and his brother Max finally established a thriving family_business at the old stand . (David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)These announcements are , in_effect , advertisements for themselves as thriving marriage_marts . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life
Synonyms Examples "flourishing crops" "flourishing chicks" "a growing boy" "fast-growing weeds" "a thriving deer population" Related terms |
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