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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curlicue, decoration |
| Synonyms: | curl, embellishment, furbelow, garnish, ornamentation, plume, quirk, spiral, sweep, twist |
| Main Entry: | flourish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wave about |
| Synonyms: | brandish, display, flaunt, flutter, shake, sweep, swing, swish, twirl, vaunt, wag, wield |
| Main Entry: | abound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist in abundance |
| Synonyms: | be alive with, be all over the place, be knee deep in, be no end to, be plentiful, be thick with, be up to one's ears in, crawl with, crowd, flourish, flow, have a full plate, infest, overflow, proliferate, swarm, swell, teem, thrive |
| Antonyms: | deficient, fail, lack, need, short, want |
| Main Entry: | arrive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve recognition |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, become famous, flourish, make good, make it, make the grade, prosper, reach the top, score, succeed, thrive |
| Main Entry: | boast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | brag |
| Synonyms: | advertise, aggrandize, attract attention, blow, blow one's own horn, blow smoke, bluster, bully, cock-a-doodle-doo, con, congratulate oneself, crow, exaggerate, exult, fake, flatter oneself, flaunt, flourish, gasconade, give a good account of oneself, gloat, glory, grandstand, hug oneself, jive, lay on thick, prate, preen, psych, puff, shoot*, shovel, show off, showboat, shuck, sling, sound off, strut, swagger, talk big, triumph, vapor |
| Antonyms: | be modest, deprecate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prosper |
| Synonyms: | appreciate, bloom, develop, enhance, expand, flourish, flower, gain, grow, increase, intensify, rise in value, spurt, strengthen, succeed, swell, thrive |
| Antonyms: | collapse, fail, falter, lose |
| Main Entry: | crow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | brag, exult |
| Synonyms: | babble, blow, bluster, boast, cackle, caw, cock-a-doodle-doo, cry, flourish, gas, gloat, glory in, gurgle, jubilate, mouth, prate, puff, rodomontade, squawk, strut, swagger, triumph, vaunt, whoop |
| Main Entry: | curl |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loop, ringlet, curve |
| Synonyms: | coil, crimp, crispation, curlicue, flourish, frizz, kink, quirk, spiral, swirl, twist, wave, whorl |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | dangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suspend |
| Synonyms: | brandish, depend, droop, entice, flap, flaunt, flourish, hang, hang down, lure, sling, sway, swing, tantalize, tempt, trail, wave |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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