English word

Flourishing

Definitions

adjective

  1. marked by vigorous and healthy growth
  2. : very active and successful

Synonyms for flourishing

Closest evidence-backed alternatives.

  • successful
  • prosperous
  • thriving
  • burgeoning
  • lucrative
  • booming
  • growing
  • lush
  • profitable
  • developing

Synonyms by context

Indicative of great or rising prosperity or rapid economic growth

adjective

  • golden
  • halcyon
  • prospering
  • palmy
  • roaring

Growing or expanding at a fast rate

adjective

  • mushrooming
  • vigorous
  • blooming
  • expanding
  • strong
  • fruitful
  • going

Full of life, spirit, energy, or movement

adjective

An advancement in progress or development

noun

  • extension
  • development
  • progress
  • expansion
  • advance
  • advancement
  • furtherance
  • growth
  • progression
  • spread

The time, or the condition, of budding or flowering

noun

  • florescence
  • bloom
  • blossom
  • prime
  • heyday
  • springtime
  • floruit
  • flush
  • flower
  • flowering

To be in the state of producing flowers, exhibiting growth and vibrancy

verb

  • in blossom
  • blossoming
  • in flower
  • in bloom
  • in full bloom

Present participle for to develop or progress rapidly and successfully

verb

  • rising
  • shining
  • advancing
  • progressing
  • bourgeoning

Present participle for to wave (something) about, especially to attract attention

verb

  • brandishing
  • waving
  • displaying
  • shaking
  • swinging
  • swishing
  • wielding
  • twirling
  • wagging
  • sweeping

Antonyms for flourishing

  • decreasing
  • failed
  • stunted
  • failing
  • moribund
  • ceasing
  • losing
  • undeveloping

Opposite of growing or expanding at a fast rate

  • unsuccessful
  • depressed
  • failed
  • unprosperous
  • moribund
  • ceasing
  • declining
  • decreasing
  • failing
  • languishing

Opposite of full of life, spirit, energy, or movement

Opposite of in a good physical or mental condition

  • sick
  • ill
  • sickly
  • unwell
  • unhealthy
  • diseased
  • unfit
  • unsound
  • indisposed
  • pallid

(of plants or species) Opposite of the process of maturation or development

  • withering
  • atrophy
  • decay
  • decomposition
  • breakdown
  • decadence
  • degeneracy
  • putrefaction
  • putrescence
  • shriveling

(of businesses or enterprises) Opposite of an increase in market share and reach

  • decline
  • collapse
  • crash
  • descent
  • downfall
  • downturn
  • fall
  • regression
  • ruin
  • slide

Opposite of the way in which something progresses or develops

  • cessation
  • disorder
  • disorganisation
  • disorganization
  • halt
  • stoppage

(of a living organism) Opposite of present participle for to grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way

  • diminishing
  • wilting
  • deteriorating
  • drooping
  • waning
  • fading
  • shrinking
  • shrivelling

Opposite of present participle for to develop or progress rapidly and successfully

  • retrograding
  • retrogressing
  • regressing
  • collapsing
  • falling
  • slumping
  • worsening

Phrases

  • doing well
  • faring well
  • going places
  • going strong
  • going well
  • have it made
  • have the wherewithal
  • home free
  • in clover
  • in full swing
  • in the ascendant
  • in the pink
  • in top form
  • killing it
  • most unfavourable
  • on a roll
  • on easy street
  • on the rise
  • on the rocks
  • on the way up