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

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

The rice field is surrounded by potato, onion and beet crops, which are still the thriving staples here.

From BBC

Now that the franchise seems to be thriving, is there a chance there might be another attempt at an L.A.-based “Law & Order.”

From Los Angeles Times

The new DSM language also helped educators and clinicians better understand what was keeping some kids in disadvantaged communities from thriving.

From Los Angeles Times

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