thrive
to prosper; be fortunate or successful.
to grow or develop vigorously; flourish: The children thrived in the country.
thrive on, to do particularly well under specified conditions: Some plants are adapted to thrive on rainwater alone.She thrives on drama and chaos.
Origin of thrive
1synonym study For thrive
Other words for thrive
Other words from thrive
- thriv·er, noun
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How to use thrive in a sentence
Each step of the way, Booker has thrived on the philosophy that your actions matter more than what you preach.
Kink.com, meanwhile, has “thrived in our niche,” according to Acworth.
James Franco Gets Kinky: Inside the BDSM Porn Documentary 'Kink' | Marlow Stern | August 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThroughout, Hamas not only has survived but—in some ways—thrived.
The Wall Street Journal, which just turned 125, has thrived under his ownership.
Don’t Count Rupert Murdoch Out Yet: Why The Magnate Hasn’t Given Up on Time Warner | Daniel Gross | July 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMore than a few 20th-century acting greats, we decided, would have thrived on being techno-celebrities.
The baby had thrived; as placid, laughing a little thing as if its mother had never known sorrow.
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonThe money went into the pockets of the Admiralty clerks and paymasters, who thrived on wholesale and shameless peculation.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperLittle Susy and her father thrived on London life, but after a time it wore on Mrs. Clemens.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineHe thrived and grew to manhood and he is now living, sixty-nine years of age, in California.
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail | Ezra MeekerHis house had not thrived, and his only child, a little girl, was left altogether without provision.
La Mere Bauche | Anthony Trollope
British Dictionary definitions for thrive
/ (θraɪv) /
to grow strongly and vigorously
to do well; prosper
Origin of thrive
1Derived forms of thrive
- thriver, noun
- thriving, adjective
- thrivingly, adverb
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