thrive
To grow strong, healthy and successful.
thrive in a sentence
- The tomato plants thrived in the sunny corner, growing taller every day.
- Penguins thrive in the icy cold, growing plump and healthy where other birds would freeze.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to thrive?
- Afade
- Bfail
- Cstruggle
- Dgrow
Show the answer
D: grow. The other three mean the opposite of thrive.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to thrive?
- Afail
- Bbloom
- Cgrow
- Dblossom
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A: fail. The other three mean nearly the same as thrive.
Words that mean something similar
grow, bloom, blossom
Words that mean the opposite
fail, fade, struggle
More words about time & change
- transform: To change something completely.
- ultimate: Final, or the greatest of all.
- upheaval: A sudden big change that causes trouble and confusion.
- urgent: So important that it must be dealt with straight away.
- wane: To become gradually smaller or weaker.
- abolish: To officially get rid of something completely, such as a rule or law.
- abrupt: Sudden and quick, often in a way that feels rude or unexpected.
- accustom: To get yourself used to something new.
More words to explore
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Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test