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thriving
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thriving
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | successful |
| Synonyms: | advancing, arrived, blooming, booming, burgeoning, cooking*, developing, doing well, flourishing, going strong, growing, have it made, have the wherewithal, healthy, home free, on top of heap, progressing, prolific, prospering, prosperous, rich, roaring, robust, rolling, sitting pretty, wealthy |
| Antonyms: | declining, failing, languishing, losing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abundance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great amount or supply |
| Synonyms: | affluence, ampleness, bounty, copiousness, fortune, myriad, opulence, plenitude, plenty, plethora, profusion, prosperity, prosperousness, riches, thriving, wealth |
| Antonyms: | dearth, deficiency, inadequacy, lack |
| Main Entry: | easy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | leisurely, relaxed |
| Synonyms: | at ease, calm, carefree, comfortable, comfy, commodious, composed, content, contented, cozy, cursive, cushy, easeful, effortless, flowing, fluent, forthright, gentle, in clover, languid, light, mild, moderate, peaceful, pleasant, prosperous, quiet, running, satisfied, secure, serene, slow, smooth, snug, soft, spontaneous, substantial, successful, temperate, thriving, tranquil, undemanding, undisturbed, unexacting, unhurried, untroubled, unworried, well-to-do |
| Antonyms: | difficult, exhausting, hard, oppressive, trying, uneasy, unleisurely, unrelaxed |
| Main Entry: | fat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | productive, rich |
| Synonyms: | affluent, cushy, fertile, flourishing, fruitful, good, lucrative, lush, profitable, prosperous, remunerative, thriving |
| Antonyms: | impoverished, poor, unproductive |
| Main Entry: | flourishing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | prospering, going well |
| Synonyms: | blooming, burgeoning, doing well, expanding, exuberant, going strong, growing, in full swing, in the pink, in top form, lush, luxuriant, mushrooming, profuse, prosperous, rampant, rank, rich, roaring, robust, successful, thriving, vigorous |
| Antonyms: | ceasing, decreasing, failing, languishing, stunted, undeveloping |
| Main Entry: | fortunate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having good luck |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, affluent, auspicious, blessed, born with a silver spoon, bright, charmed, convenient, encouraging, favorable, favored, felicitous, flourishing, fortuitous, gaining, get a break, golden, happy, healthy, helpful, hopeful, in luck, in the gravy, lucky, on a roll, opportune, overcoming, profitable, promising, propitious, prosperous, providential, rosy, sitting pretty, successful, sunny side, thriving, timely, triumphant, victorious, wealthy, well-off, well-to-do |
| Notes: | fortunate means having unexpected good fortune or luck; fortuitous means happening by chance or coming or occurring by accident or without any known cause |
| Antonyms: | adverse, sad, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, upset |
| Main Entry: | luxuriant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | profuse, plush |
| Synonyms: | abundant, ample, copious, deluxe, dense, elaborate, excessive, extravagant, exuberant, fancy, fecund, fertile, flamboyant, flourishing, fruitful, lavish, luscious, lush, opulent, overflowing, palatial, plenteous, plentiful, prodigal, productive, profusive, prolific, rampant, rank, rich, riotous, sumptuous, superabundant, teeming, thriving |
| Notes: | luxuriant indicates profusion while luxurious means sumptuous and expensive |
| Antonyms: | barren, plain, poor |
| Main Entry: | moneymaking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | producing profit |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, gainful, going, good, lucrative, paying, profitable, remunerative, successful, thriving, well-paying |
| Antonyms: | unprofitable |
| Main Entry: | prosperity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | affluence, good fortune |
| Synonyms: | abundance, accomplishment, advantage, arrival, bed of roses, benefit, boom, clover, do, ease*, easy street, exorbitance, expansion, flying colors, fortune, good, good times, gravy train, growth, high on the hog, increase, inflation, interest, life of luxury, luxury, opulence, plenteousness, plenty, prosperousness, riches, success, successfulness, the good life, thriving, velvet, victory, wealth, welfare, well-being |
| Antonyms: | failure, loss, poorness, poverty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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