thrive

Other forms of thrive

past tense or participle

thriven

past tense or participle

throve

present participle

thriving·

third person

thrives·

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 thrive

What does thrive mean?

thrive means "grow vigorously". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in thrive?

thrive has 1 syllable: thrive. In IPA it is /ˈθɹaɪv/.

What is another word for thrive?

Close synonyms include boom, flourish, expand, prosper, fly high. 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 thrive a common word?

thrive 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.