Definition of thriving
: characterized by success or prosperity
- a thriving business
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Examples of thriving in a Sentence
our new landscaping business is thriving
the once thriving downtown has fallen into steep decline since the new mall was built
Recent Examples of thriving from the Web
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With all that jazz has come a thriving new gay scene.
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Campfire Adirondack Grille + Bar, located at Hotel Saranac, is the most recent addition to the thriving downtown restaurant scene.
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Certainly, the locals’ reputation for tolerance has been a crucial factor in creating such a thriving LGBTQ+ scene, but quirks of geography have been vital, too.
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He was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., when a thriving jazz scene was developing there.
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On a related note, NYC is also home to a thriving hot jazz scene focused on the music of the pre-swing era.
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The Dils were so poorly received in San Diego that the trio moved briefly to San Francisco, which had a more thriving punk scene.
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The city is also home to a thriving arts scene, kept alive in diverse local galleries and the Bunnell Street Arts Center.
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Siem Reap's lively markets, galleries and thriving restaurant and nightlife scene are also just moments away.
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First Known Use of thriving
1604
thriving Synonyms
Synonyms
flourishing, going, palmy, prosperous, successful, triumphant;
Antonyms
Near Antonyms
futureless, hopeless, inauspicious, no-good, unpromising;
collapsing, failing, flopping, flunking, folding, washing-out;
Phrases
in clover (also in the clover);
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