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

Sophisticated, experienced firms like Boston Beer Company hardly know what to do about the now-struggling hard-seltzer market, but Happy Dad and its interloping founders are thriving.

From Salon

Meanwhile, PPD's thriving global e-commerce platform, Temu, is also facing problems overseas.

From BBC

Jo says her son is now thriving, and she is optimistic about his transition to secondary school next year.

From BBC

Twelve weeks later, Amare is thriving.

From Los Angeles Times

“That was made possible through a viable and thriving ecosystem and, within our society, a trade system with other nations,” says Jesse Stoeppler, deputy chief of the Hagwilget First Nation and co–executive director of the Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition who was not involved with the research.

From Science Magazine

Related Words

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