thrive on

phrasal verb

thrived on or throve on; thrived on also thriven on; thriving on; thrives on

: to do well in a particular kind of situation

She thrives on attention.

He actually thrives on stress.

Examples of thrive on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Such variability is generally not good for commercial crops, which thrive on uniform and predictable nut production. —Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026

Firmly in control of the nation’s massive federal apparatus, MAGA and its Republican lickspittles in Congress have thrived on chaos. —Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026

Your brain thrives on activity and communication, Kinga Szigeti, MD, PhD, professor of neurology and director of the Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory Disorders Center at University at Buffalo, tells SELF. —Korin Miller, SELF, 23 Jan. 2026

For example, give analytical projects to team members who thrive on data and client-facing work to those who gain energy from external interaction. —Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for thrive on

• aileron
• antiphon
• autobahn
• carillon
• castellan
• celadon
• cephalon
• chitosan
• cynodon
• denouement
• deuteron
• echelon