Thrive synonyms

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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prosper (related)

To be fortunate or successful, especially in terms of one's finances; thrive.

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shine

To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).

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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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bloom

(Archaic) To cause to bloom, flower, or flourish

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grow (related)

To allow (something) to develop or increase by a natural process:

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batten

To batten is to grow fat by eating continuously.

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thrive (related)

To be successful or make steady progress; 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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be booming

To prosper

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score

(Intransitive) To obtain something desired.

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mushroom

(Intransitive) To grow quickly to a large size.

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radiate

To issue or emerge in rays or waves:

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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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boom

To cause to grow or flourish; boost.

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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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shoot up

Used other than as an idiom. to shoot upwards

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progress

To advance toward perfection or to a higher or better state; improve

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decline (antonym)

(By extension) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.

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go

To extend between two points or in a certain direction; run:

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rise-up

(Of a horse etc) To rear

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die (antonym)

Die is defined as to stop living, existing or fade away.

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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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improve

To make beneficial additions or changes:

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blossom-out

(Idiomatic) To blossom, to show beauty.

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increase

(Astronomy) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.

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make progress

To prosper

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sicken (antonym)

To make or become sick, ill, disgusted, distressed, etc.

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fail (antonym)

To prove deficient or lacking; perform ineffectively or inadequately:

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lose-out (antonym)

To be at a disadvantage.

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go-bankrupt (antonym)

(Intransitive) To become bankrupt.

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languish (antonym)

(Intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. [from 14th c.]

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wither (antonym)

(Intransitive) To become helpless due to emotion.

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blossom

(Intransitive) To begin to thrive or flourish.

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make one's fortune

To prosper

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make an auspicious start

To prosper

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get ahead

To advance toward success

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get places

To prosper

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make a go

To prosper

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get (or go) somewhere

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go-great-guns

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capitalise (related)

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wax

(Intransitive, literary) To grow.

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go strong

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burgeon

To grow or develop rapidly; expand; proliferate; flourish

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do well

To prosper

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turn out well

To prosper

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make-it

Used other than as an idiom: see make,‎ it.

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lose (antonym)

To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.

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