Synonyms for flourishing
flour·ish·ing

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1. booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thrivingadjective

   very lively and profitable

   "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"

   Synonyms:
   thriving, well-heeled, stentorian, easy, halcyon, golden, well-to-do, well-situated, palmy, booming, well-off, favourable, prosperous, well-fixed, comfortable, favorable, roaring, lucky, prospering

   Antonyms:
   unsuccessful

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1. List of paraphrases for "flourishing":

   thriving, prosperous, booming, burgeoning, prosperity, blossoming, buoyant, flowering, prospering

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1. Joseph Giacalone:

   Sixmonths from now, New York politicians will be scratching their heads wondering why syringes are everywhere, drug use is up, overdoses are up, and why open-air drug markets are flourishing, it makes you shake your head.

2. Vladimir Putin:

   We do not pursue the objective of dividing anything or anyone in the EU, we are far more interested in the EU being united and flourishing because the EU is our most important trading and economic partner.

3. David Saperstein:

   During my visit in August, I found that despite widespread continuing government abuses and restrictions, many place of worship were nonetheless full and flourishing, in areas of the country where the government's hand was lighter, faith-based social service and welfare agencies operate homeless shelters, orphanages, soup kitchens, and made highly positive contributions to the well-being of their society.

4. Alistair Cooke:

   Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks.

5. Feltham:

   He that would build lastingly must lay his foundation low. The proud man, like the early shoots of a new-felled coppice, thrusts out full of sap, green in leaves, and fresh in colour, but bruises and breaks with every wind, is nipped with every little cold, and, being top-heavy, is wholly unfit for use. Whereas the humble man retains it in the root, can abide the winter?s killing blast, the ruffling concussions of the wind, and can endure far more than that which appears so flourishing.