thriving

/'θvaiviɳ/

Thân thiện

The small town has a thriving farmers market every Saturday.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Growing or developing vigorously and successfully; flourishing: Describes something that is growing strongly, prospering, or doing very well, often in terms of health, business, or general success.
   • Very lively and profitable: Specifically used to describe a business, economy, or activity that is active and generating substantial profit or positive results.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The city has a thriving arts scene with many new galleries.
  • Despite the economic downturn, her small bakery is thriving.
  • The plants are thriving in the new greenhouse with perfect sunlight.

Advanced Usage

• "to be thriving": To be in a state of vigorous growth and success.
  • The community garden is thriving thanks to the volunteers' hard work.
• "a thriving [noun]": A common collocation to describe a successful entity.
  • The port became a thriving hub for international trade.

Variants and Related Words

• Thrive (verb): To grow or develop well or vigorously; to prosper.
  • Some plants thrive in shade.
• Thrivingly (adverb): In a thriving manner. (Less common)
  • The business continued to operate thrivingly.

Synonyms

• Flourishing: Growing or developing in a healthy or vigorous way.
• Prosperous: Successful in material terms; flourishing financially.
• Booming: Having a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth.
• Successful: Accomplishing a desired aim or result.

Antonyms

• Declining: Becoming smaller, fewer, or less; decreasing in quality or power.
• Failing: Not achieving the desired success; declining.
• Struggling: Striving to achieve or attain something in the face of difficulty.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• (To be) Alive and thriving: To be active and very successful. (A variation of "alive and well")
  • Contrary to rumors, the local theater group is alive and thriving.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. very lively and profitable
   • 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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• booming
• flourishing
• palmy
• prospering
• prosperous
• roaring