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adjective

ˈflər-i-shiŋ How to pronounce flourishing (audio)
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1
as in successful
having attained a desired end or state of good fortune a flourishing actor in the early years of the talkies

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2
as in thriving
marked by much life, movement, or activity a flourishing market in sports memorabilia

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3
as in prosperous
marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically a flourishing community that has become a major beneficiary of the high-tech boom

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flourishing

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noun

as in flowering

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flourishing

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verb

present participle of flourish
1
as in prospering
to grow vigorously that plant flourishes in cool, wet weather

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2
as in succeeding
to reach a desired level of accomplishment the arts program flourished once it received adequate funding

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Recent Examples of flourishing
Adjective
As founding director of the cyborg psychology research group and co-director of MIT Media Lab’s Advancing Humans with AI research program, Pataranutaporn is interested in ways that people can use AI to promote human flourishing, pro-social interaction, and human-to-human interaction. — Angela Haupt, Time, 26 Jan. 2026 It has been correlated with swells of human progress and flourishing, science and technology, medicine and political freedom. — Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2025
Noun
Juan Trippe, who ordered 25 747s for Pan Am in 1966 at a cost of $5 billion in today’s dollars, saw the plane as an instrument of human flourishing. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026 There was a sudden flourishing of knives, blades flashing in the market lights. — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
Verb
Their trades from life before the camps are flourishing through small businesses. — Maansi Srivastava, NPR, 21 July 2026 Bob the Drag Queen won season 8 of RuPaul’s Drag Race in 2016 and has had a flourishing career post-Drag Race. — Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for flourishing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flourishing
  1. successful
  2. thriving
  3. prosperous
  4. flowering
  5. succeeding
  6. buzzing
  7. prospering
  8. blossoming
Adjective
  • That said, they’re also priced as long-shot bets, meaning a low rate of successful picks can still generate a profit.
    — Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The best rock tumbler for beginners is one that comes as a complete kit, including the rocks, so the novice has the best chance of being successful on the first try.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of successful
Adjective
  • De Lesseps turned a fall from countess to tabloid fixture into a thriving cabaret career.
    — Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The era is remembered as a golden age of prosperity, paired with a thriving art and culture scene—Toulouse-Lautrec posters, the Eiffel Tower (built in 1889), extravagant fashion, the Moulin Rouge, and the flourishing Impressionist art world.
    — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of thriving
Adjective
  • But as the largest and most economically prosperous state in the country, its position is consequential.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Memories of paradise Sentir Cubano holds that prosperous paradise so many Cubans remember.
    — Sarah Moreno August 7, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of prosperous
Noun
  • Such weather favored flowering, and Chow responded by pruning to prevent deformed or small fruit while stepping up watering and fertilization because of the heat.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • For maximum flowering, select a growing location with rich, well-draining soil that receives at least 6 to 8 hours of direct light.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of flowering
Verb
  • Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen or heard publicly since succeeding his father, former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an airstrike when the war began.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • There is nobody else at his level who has a more vested interest in Google succeeding.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of succeeding
Adjective
  • Tucked away in a private backyard in Ashford, one of the state’s few apitherapy huts allows people to breathe in air from thousands of buzzing bees.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Over the decades, the equipment evolved into today’s version of the sport, featuring a beeping softball and four-foot-tall buzzing foam bases that guide players through sound.
    — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of buzzing
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  • Wall Street has been treating the two companies very differently over the past year, largely because Alphabet has a prospering cloud business that helps justify its hefty spending.
    — Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 5 June 2026
Definition of prospering
Noun
  • Although content with his stature in furnishings retail and proud of his wife Elizabeth’s parallel blossoming as the proprietor of a thriving travel agency, Carney gets wrapped up with Uncle Rich once more.
    — David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
  • Lilah has maintained a low profile on social media but has traveled the world as a blossoming ballerina.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
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