thriving

[ thrahy-ving ]

adjective

1. prospering or doing well; highly successful:

   The Arts Commission plans to expand its thriving ArtSmart program into all 21 of the city’s elementary schools.

2. growing or developing vigorously; flourishing:

   When I worked on her farm ten years ago there was still a thriving goat herd, but she’s been unable to keep it up on her own.

Other Words From

• thriv·ing·ly adverb
• un·thriv·ing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of thriving¹

thriv(e) ( def ) + -ing ²( def )

Example Sentences

Since 2009, the goat has had a thriving Twitter presence as well, today enjoying up to nearly 8,000 followers.

From The Daily Beast

Thousands of years ago, Meroe was a thriving hub of trade and home to some 25,000 residents.

From The Daily Beast

The company has been plagued by accusations of rape in the United States but still appears to be thriving.

From The Daily Beast

Thanks to the jazz scene, the city fostered a thriving African-American culture.

From The Daily Beast

But even before this celebrity benediction, Brooklyn was thriving in the City of Lights.

From The Daily Beast

Mr. Hancock, discreetly holding his peace, attended to his many thriving and very profitable business ventures.

From Project Gutenberg

And indeed to whose interest would it be to have an English company granted a monopoly of a thriving branch of American trade?

From Project Gutenberg

Of refined tastes, including a penchant for blue china, being a thriving bachelor, he was able to gratify them.

From Project Gutenberg

But Carlisle is peaceful and quiet enough at the present time, a place of considerable size and with a thriving commerce.

From Project Gutenberg

Richmond had grown in approximately twenty-five years from a village to a thriving city.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• booming
• burgeoning
• developing
• flourishing
• growing
• healthy
• prosperous
• robust
• wealthy