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thrive
Meaning: to grow or develop successfully and vigorously
thrive in a sentence
How thrive is used in real sentences:
The small bakery thrived after the highway brought new travelers through town.
Despite the tough economy, the family restaurant thrived, adding two new locations.
“Yet the market continued to thrive because farmers exchanged seeds, shared carts, and sold crafts when crops failed.”
— from the passage The Thursday Exchange
Synonyms for thrive
Other words for thrive — flourish, prosper and bloom — carry the same meaning.
- flourish
- prosper
- bloom
Antonyms of thrive
Words that mean the opposite of thrive:
- flounder
- decline
Where it comes from
From Old Norse thrifask "to grasp for oneself"
Memory hook
THRIVE rhymes with 'alive' -- a thriving plant is very much alive and growing.