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| Main Entry: | thrive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do well |
| Synonyms: | advance, arrive, batten, bloom, blossom, boom, burgeon, develop, flourish, get ahead*, get on*, grow, increase, mushroom*, progress, prosper, radiate, rise, score*, shine, succeed, wax, bear fruit, get fat, get places, get there, grow rich, make a go, shoot up, turn out well |
| Antonyms: | decline, fail, languish, lose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist in abundance |
| Synonyms: | be alive with, be all over the place, be knee deep in, be no end to, be plentiful, be thick with, be up to one's ears in, crawl with, crowd, flourish, flow, have a full plate, infest, overflow, proliferate, swarm, swell, teem, thrive |
| Antonyms: | deficient, fail, lack, need, short, want |
| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase in amount, number, or position |
| Synonyms: | boost, develop, elevate, enlarge, grade, grow, hit the jackpot*, improve, magnify, make out*, multiply, pan out*, prefer, prosper, raise, thrive, up, upgrade, uplift, break the bank, get fat, get rich, hit pay dirt, make a killing, strike gold, strike it rich |
| Notes: | advance means 'steady progress' and stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end, while advancement suggests progression that is bigger, more, or beyond normal |
| Antonyms: | decrease, take back, withdraw |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arrive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve recognition |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, flourish, prosper, score, succeed, thrive, become famous, make good, make it, make the grade, reach the top |
| Main Entry: | batten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow fat |
| Synonyms: | burgeon, feed on, grow, prosper, thrive, wax |
| Main Entry: | bloom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flower; flourish |
| Synonyms: | blossom, blow, bud, burgeon, burst, develop, fructify, germinate, grow, open, prosper, sprout, succeed, thrive, wax, be in flower, bear fruit, effloresce, fare well, tassel out |
| Antonyms: | shrink, shrivel, wither |
| Main Entry: | blossom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flourish |
| Synonyms: | batten, bloom, develop, grow, mature, progress, prosper, succeed, thrive |
| Antonyms: | deteriorate, die, fade, shrink |
| Main Entry: | boom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prosper |
| Synonyms: | appreciate, bloom, develop, enhance, expand, flourish, flower, gain, grow, increase, intensify, spurt, strengthen, succeed, swell, thrive, rise in value |
| Antonyms: | collapse, fail, falter, lose |
| Main Entry: | develop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cultivate, prosper |
| Synonyms: | advance, age, establish, evolve, expand, flourish, foster, grow, mature, mellow, progress, promote, ripen, thrive, enroot, grow up, maturate |
| Antonyms: | halt, repress |
| Main Entry: | fatten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow or make bigger; nourish |
| Synonyms: | augment, bloat, broaden, build up, cram, distend, expand, feed, fill, increase, plump, spread, stuff, swell, thicken, thrive, wax, coarsen, gain weight, overfeed, put flesh on, put on weight, round out |
| Antonyms: | thin, undernourish |
| Main Entry: | flourish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow, prosper |
| Synonyms: | amplify, arrive, augment, batten, bloom, blossom, boom, burgeon, come along, develop, expand, flower, get ahead, get on*, go, increase, make out*, multiply, score, succeed, thrive, wax, be on top of heap, bear fruit, do well, go great guns, hit it big, live high on hog |
| Antonyms: | cease, fail, hinder, languish, stunt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bloom, flourish |
| Synonyms: | batten, blossom, blow, burgeon, mature, open, prosper, thrive, unfold, effloresce, outbloom |
| Antonyms: | close, die, droop, fade, sag, shrink, shrivel |
| Main Entry: | get ahead |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excel, succeed |
| Synonyms: | advance, climb, flourish, get on, outdo, outmaneuver, overtake, progress, prosper, surpass, thrive, be successful, do well, leave behind, make good |
| Antonyms: | fail, fall behind |
| Main Entry: | get along |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make progress |
| Synonyms: | cope, develop, do, fare, flourish, get by*, get on*, make out, manage, muddle through*, prosper, shift, succeed, thrive |
| Antonyms: | cease, halt, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | get by |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, survive |
| Synonyms: | contrive, cope, do, exist, fare, flourish, get along, get on, make out, muddle through*, prosper, shift, subsist, succeed, thrive, do well enough, make ends meet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | operate, function |
| Synonyms: | act, carry on, click*, continue, flourish, maintain, make out, move, pan out*, perform, persist, prosper, run, score, succeed, thrive, work |
| Antonyms: | break |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become larger, evolve |
| Synonyms: | abound, advance, age, amplify, arise, augment, become, breed, build, burgeon, come, cultivate, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, fill out, flourish, gain, germinate, heighten, increase, issue, luxuriate, mature, mount, multiply, originate, produce, propagate, raise, ripen, rise, shoot*, spread, sprout, stem, stretch, swell, thicken, thrive, turn, vegetate, wax*, widen, branch out, burst forth, come to be, get bigger, get taller, maturate, pop up, pullulate, spring up |
| Antonyms: | decline, decrease, diminish, halt, lessen, reduce, stop, stunt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | live |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enjoy being alive |
| Synonyms: | delight, experience, flourish, love, luxuriate, prosper, relish, savor, thrive, be happy, make the most of, take pleasure |
| Main Entry: | luxuriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | indulge, prosper |
| Synonyms: | abound, bask, bloom, burgeon, delight, eat up*, enjoy, feast, flourish, grow, increase, love, overdo, relish, revel, riot, roll, rollick, thrive, wallow, wanton, be in clover, live extravagantly, live high on hog, live in luxury, live it up, take it easy |
| Antonyms: | refrain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | make out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get by, succeed |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, do, endure, fare, flourish, get along, get on, manage, muddle through, prosper, score, thrive, do well enough, do with |
| Antonyms: | fail |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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