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Thriving   /θrˈaɪvɪŋ/   Listen
Thriving

adjective
1.
Very lively and profitable.  Synonyms: booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring.  "A palmy time for stockbrokers" , "A prosperous new business" , "Doing a roaring trade" , "A thriving tourist center" , "Did a thriving business in orchids"



Thrive

verb
(past throve or thrived; past part. thriven or thrived; pres. part. thriving)
1.
Grow vigorously.  Synonyms: boom, expand, flourish.  "Business is booming"
2.
Make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance.  Synonyms: flourish, fly high, prosper.






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"Thriving" Quotes from Famous Books



... He entered a thriving bookseller's shop; Quoth he, we are both of one college, For I myself sate like a Cormorant once Upon the ...
— The Book of Humorous Verse • Various

... planters of Barbadoes because the latter were able to use their influence with the company to divert the supply of slaves to Barbadoes. Their condition, they declared, seemed all the more bitter when they considered the thriving trade in Negroes which the Dutch carried on ...
— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 • Various

... of Leyte, which has just been visited by one of these terrible waves, is one of the smallest of the Philippine group. Its trade was carried on with Manila, on the island of Luzon, where the rebellion is raging. It was a thriving little island, and boasted of several busy towns, all of which have been completely ruined and in part swept away by ...
— The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 53, November 11, 1897 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls • Various

... stone Sleep the sad remains of one Who, when alive, by few or none Was loved, as loved she might have been, If she prosperous days had seen, Or had thriving been, I ween. Only this cold funeral stone Tells she was beloved by one, Who on ...
— The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Vol. 5 • Edited by E. V. Lucas

... some kalo patches, and people, attracted by the water and consequent fertility of the place, came and settled about, voluntarily offering themselves as vassals to the twins. More and more kalo patches were excavated, and the place became a thriving settlement. The spring became known as Ka Punahou (the new spring), and gave its name to ...
— Hawaiian Folk Tales - A Collection of Native Legends • Various


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