Thrive Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Thrive

flourish
To grow vigorously; succeed; thrive; prosper
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succeed
To come next in time or order:
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rise
To cause to rise:
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achieve success
To prosper
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expand
To enlarge upon (a topic, idea, etc.); develop in detail
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shine
To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
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develop
To make available and effective to fulfill a particular end or need:
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fly high
make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
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turn out well
To prosper
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advance
To serve as an advance person for a trip to be made by a politician or a dignitary.
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blossom
(Intransitive) To begin to thrive or flourish.
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blossom-out
(Idiomatic) To blossom, to show beauty.
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shoot up
Used other than as an idiom. to shoot upwards
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boom
To cause to grow or flourish; boost.
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progress
To advance toward perfection or to a higher or better state; improve
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improve
To make beneficial additions or changes:
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be booming
To prosper
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feather-one-s-nest
(Idiomatic) To achieve benefits, especially financial ones, by taking advantage of the opportunities with which one is presented; to amass a comfortable amount of personal wealth.
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make-it
Used other than as an idiom: see make,‎ it.
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score
(Intransitive) To obtain something desired.
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radiate
To issue or emerge in rays or waves:
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mushroom
(Intransitive) To grow quickly to a large size.
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batten
To grow fat; thrive
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go
To extend between two points or in a certain direction; run:
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increase
(Astronomy) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
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make one's fortune
To prosper
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get ahead
To advance toward success
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bloom
(Archaic) To cause to bloom, flower, or flourish
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rise-up
(Of a horse etc) To rear
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make progress
To prosper
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make an auspicious start
To prosper
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get places
To prosper
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make a go
To prosper
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bear-fruit
To succeed in some task; literally, of a tree or plant bearing fruit; figuratively in relation to any attempted task.
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burgeon
The definition of burgeon means to grow or blossom.
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wax
(Intransitive, literary) To grow.
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do well
To prosper
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Antonyms for Thrive

languish
(Intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. [from 14th c.]
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fail
To prove deficient or lacking; perform ineffectively or inadequately:
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decline
(By extension) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.
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die
Die is defined as to stop living, existing or fade away.
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go-bankrupt
(Intransitive) To become bankrupt.
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lose
To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.
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wither
(Intransitive) To become helpless due to emotion.
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lose-out
To be at a disadvantage.
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sicken
To make or become sick, ill, disgusted, distressed, etc.
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Words Related to Thrive

prosper
To be fortunate or successful, especially in terms of one's finances; thrive.
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grow
To allow (something) to develop or increase by a natural process:
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thrive
To be successful or make steady progress; prosper:
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Thrive Sentence Examples

  • Turkeys thrive well, grow to a fine size and have flesh of tender quality.

  • They thrive in the Wyoming streams and rivers and are superior game fish.

  • Cattle do not thrive, and even poultry are scarce.

  • 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.

  • The species are easily cultivated and will thrive in almost any soil.

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