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Another word for thrive

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thrive

v.

To grow vigorously
blossom, blossom out, burgeon, wax, shoot up, flourish, mushroom, rise, bear fruit, batten, increase, radiate, shine; see also grow.
Antonyms die*, wither, sicken.
To prosper
succeed, do well, turn out well, flourish, rise up, make one's fortune, make an auspicious start, get ahead, achieve success, advance, make progress, be booming*, feather one's nest*, get places*, make it*, make a go*; see also prosper.
Antonyms fail*, lose out, go bankrupt.

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Another word for thrive

verb

To do or fare well:
boom, flourish, go, prosper. (Slang) score. Idioms: get (or go) somewhere, go great guns, go strong. See thrive
To grow rapidly and luxuriantly:
bloom¹, blossom, flourish. See thrive

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They thrive in the Wyoming streams and rivers and are superior game fish.
Turkeys thrive well, grow to a fine size and have flesh of tender quality.
The yak of Thibet cannot long survive in the plains of India, or even on the hills below a certain altitude; and that this is due to climate, and not to the increased density of the atmosphere, is shown by the fact that the same animal appears to thrive well in Europe, and even breeds there readily.
Cattle do not thrive, and even poultry are scarce.
Burgesses could buy and possess property in towns, which knights were forbidden to acquire; and though they could not intermarry with the feudal classes, it was easy and regular for a burgess to thrive to knighthood.

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