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Adjective flourishing has 2 senses
- flourishing, growing, thriving - having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life; "flourishing crops"; "flourishing chicks"; "a growing boy"; "fast-growing weeds"; "a thriving deer population"
Antonym: unhealthy (indirect, via healthy)
- booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving - very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"
Antonym: unsuccessful (indirect, via successful)
Verb flourish has 3 senses
- boom, prosper, thrive, get ahead, flourish, expand - grow stronger; "The economy was booming"
--1 is one way to grow
Sample sentence:
The business is going to flourish
- thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish - gain in wealth
--2 is one way to change state, turn
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- brandish, flourish, wave - move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun"
--3 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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