flourish
To grow strongly and do very well.
flourish in a sentence
- With sunshine and daily watering, the sunflowers flourished until they towered over the fence.
- With a kind teacher and plenty of practice, the shy singer began to flourish on stage.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to flourish?
- Awither
- Bfade
- Cfail
- Dthrive
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D: thrive. The other three mean the opposite of flourish.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to flourish?
- Abloom
- Bthrive
- Cgrow
- Dwither
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D: wither. The other three mean nearly the same as flourish.
Words that mean something similar
thrive, bloom, grow
Words that mean the opposite
wither, fade, fail
More words about weather & nature
- fragrant: Having a sweet, pleasant smell.
- frigid: Extremely cold.
- gale: A very strong wind.
- glorious: Wonderfully beautiful or impressive.
- humid: Warm and damp, with lots of moisture in the air.
- infest: To swarm over a place in large, unwanted numbers.
- lethal: Able to cause death.
- lukewarm: Only slightly warm, or not very enthusiastic.
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