flourish

1. 1.

   grow vigorously

   “The deer population in this town is thriving”

   “business is booming”

   Synonymsboomthriveexpand

   Broadergrow

   Narrowerreviveluxuriate
2. 2.

   make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance

   “The new student is thriving”

   Synonymsthriveprosperfly high

   Broaderchange state
3. 3.

   move or swing back and forth

   “She waved her gun”

   Synonymsbrandishwave

   Broadermove

   Narrowerwigwag

Other forms of flourish

plural

flourishes·

past tense

flourished·

present participle

flourishing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about flourish

What does flourish mean?

flourish means "a showy gesture". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in flourish?

flourish has 2 syllables: flou-rish. The stress falls on "flou". In IPA it is /ˈflɝɪʃ/.

What is another word for flourish?

Close synonyms include brandish, fanfare, tucket, boom, thrive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flourish a common word?

flourish is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.