thriving

American  

[thrahy-ving] / ˈθraɪ vɪŋ /

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.

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Other Word Forms

• thrivingly adverb
• unthriving adjective

Etymology

Origin of thriving

thriv(e) ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

She said the plant is thriving, although she doesn’t know the variety, only that it’s dangly and has leaves that cascade down like a waterfall.

From Los Angeles Times

The southern African country has a thriving elephant population and clashes between humans and wildlife have claimed many lives in recent years.

From BBC

I was thinking of his rows of thriving crops.

From Literature

It was meant to become a thriving community of 10,000 people, and even the then Prince Charles visited to check on progress - but the site was mysteriously abandoned more than a decade ago.

From BBC

It is that “dynamism” that keeps the labor market thriving, she added.

From Barron's

Related Words

• booming
• burgeoning
• developing
• flourishing
• growing
• healthy
• prosperous
• robust
• wealthy