Entry Word: thrive

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to grow vigorously <these plants thrive with relatively little sunlight>

Synonyms burgeon, flourish, prosper

Related Words luxuriate, overgrow, proliferate, shoot up; germinate, root, sprout; bloom, flower, fruit, produce, propagate, regenerate, seed

2 to reach a desired level of accomplishment <going to a school for gifted students will help him thrive as a musical prodigy> — see succeed 2