flourishing

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈflɝɪʃɪŋ/
• (New York City, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈflʌɹɪʃɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: flour‧ish‧ing

Adjective

flourishing (comparative more flourishing, superlative most flourishing)

1. Growing, thriving, prospering.

   a flourishing economy

Synonyms

• fortunate, prosperous, successful; see also Thesaurus:prosperous

Derived terms

• flourishingly
• unflourishing

Translations

growing, thriving

• Danish: blomstrende
• German: blühend (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: εὐθαλής (euthalḗs)

• Irish: rafar, faoi mhaise, faoi bhláth, faoi rath
• Maori: haemata
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: blomstrende

• Ottoman Turkish: عمران (ʼümran)

Verb

flourishing

1. present participle and gerund of flourish

Noun

flourishing (plural flourishings)

1. An act or instance of thriving or flowering.
2. A bold, sweeping movement.
3. A period of greatest influence.
4. A boasting or bragging.
5. The brandishing of a weapon.

References

• “flourishing”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.