thriving

[thrahy-ving]

adjective

1. prospering or doing well; highly successful.

   The Arts Commission plans to expand its thriving ArtSmart program into all 21 of the city’s elementary schools.

2. growing or developing vigorously; flourishing.

   When I worked on her farm ten years ago there was still a thriving goat herd, but she’s been unable to keep it up on her own.

Other Word Forms

• thrivingly adverb
• unthriving adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of thriving¹

thriv(e) ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

The law directs agencies to manage horse populations to maintain a “thriving natural ecological balance.”

From Los Angeles Times

Devon Wildlife Trust's Tracey Hamston, who leads the project, said the animals were "once a key part of our thriving woodland wildlife, so it's good that they are back where they belong".

From BBC

Northern Ireland is very much part of the trend, with new record shops thriving and established businesses finding new customers.

From BBC

Bourne told The Times she’s happy that her child is thriving and is healthy now in college.

From Los Angeles Times

The experiences of pupils who said they were struggling were compared with those who said they were "coasting" or "thriving".

From BBC

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