Adjective: flourishing flur-i-shing [N. Amer], flú-ri-shing [Brit]
- Growing or developing rapidly; successful
"flourishing businesses";
- booming, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving, burgeoning
- Grow vigorously
"business is flourishing";
- boom, thrive, expand
- Develop or succeed exceptionally well
"The new student is flourishing";
- thrive, prosper, fly high, flower, bloom
- Move or swing back and forth
"The conductor flourished his baton";
- brandish, wave
See also: successful
Type of: change state, displace, grow, move, turn
Encyclopedia: Flourishing
Flourish, Mighty Land