Flourish Synonyms and Antonyms

flûrĭsh, flŭr-
(music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. fanfare
  2. embellishment
  3. brandish
  4. wave
  5. affluence
  6. brandishing
  7. call
  8. circumgyration
  9. curlycue
  10. display
  11. efflorescence
  12. parade
  13. paraph
  14. quirk
  15. show
  16. waving
  17. tucket
To prosper
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. thrive
  2. prosper
  3. bloom
  4. increase
  5. blossom
  6. boom
  7. wax
  8. expand
  9. fly high
Antonyms:
  1. hinder
  2. decline
  3. fail
  4. languish
  5. fade
  6. stunt
  7. cease
  8. flounder
To do or fare well
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. thrive
  2. boom
  3. go
  4. prosper
  5. score
To be in one's prime
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. flower
  2. shine
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. affluent
  2. efflorescent
  3. flourishing
  4. lush
  5. luxuriant
  6. palmy
  7. prosperous
  8. rampant
  9. verdant
  10. verdurous

Words Related to Flourish

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Flourish Sentence Examples

  • He signed with a flourish and suddenly turning to his son began to laugh.

  • The city continued to flourish under the Romans, who made it a colony, with the name Colonia Victrix Julia Nova Carthago.

  • Many industries flourish on the outskirts of the town, including rope and net manufactures, flour mills, saw mills, mining railways, paper mills.

  • He signed the paper with a flourish and returned the pen to its elaborate bronze holder.

  • Was it some kind of rhetorical flourish, just words that sounded good?

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