flourish
Grow with vigor
To flourish is to thrive, grow well, or succeed.
Plants flourish when they have the right combination of light, water, and soil nutrients.
Trade flourishes when economic and social conditions promote it.
Your career flourishes when you obtain successive advancements.
To flourish an object is to display or handle it so as to attract attention.
A flourish is an instance of this, or in music or architecture, a small decorative element: Four ruffles and flourishes precede the playing of “Hail to the Chief.”
Flourish with vigor
- bloomFlower or flourishing state
- prosperSucceed and flourish
- burgeonGrow or expand quickly
- blossomFlower on fruit tree
sprout · develop · mature · ripen · cultivate · nurture · germinate · bud
Decorative addition or exaggeration
- decorationObject adding visual appeal
- curlicueDecorative spiral stroke
- scrollWound document of parchment
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
arabesque · scrollwork · lacework · calligraphy · swirl · loop · spiral · stroke
Wave something menacingly
- waveOscillating motion through medium
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- sweepBrush clean with broom
- twirlRotate rapidly, often playfully
wield · display · show · flaunt · swish · whirl · motion · dramatic
Ceremonial brass announcement
- trillRapid pitch oscillation
- arpeggioSuccessive chord tones
- cadenzaExtended solo passage
- glissandoRapid pitch sweep
tremolo · riff · run · passage · crescendo · fortissimo · ta-da · trumpet
Persuasive verbal grace
- grandiloquencePompous, extravagant language
- elaborationDevelopment through detail
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
imagery · hyperbole · bombast · purple · flowery · ornate · expression · style
thrive
Flourish with vigor
blossom · sprout · develop · mature · ripen · cultivate · nurture · germinate · bud · shoot
embellishment
Decorative addition or exaggeration
- decorationObject adding visual appeal
- curlicueDecorative spiral stroke
- scrollWound document of parchment
filigree · arabesque · scrollwork · lacework · calligraphy · swirl · loop · spiral · stroke · penmanship
brandish
Wave something menacingly
twirl · wield · display · show · flaunt · swish · whirl · motion · dramatic · theatrical
fanfare
Ceremonial brass announcement
glissando · tremolo · riff · run · passage · crescendo · fortissimo · ta-da · trumpet · horn
eloquence
Persuasive verbal grace
- grandiloquencePompous, extravagant language
- elaborationDevelopment through detail
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
embellishment · imagery · hyperbole · bombast · purple · flowery · ornate · expression · style · flair
success
Favorable outcome attained
thriving · booming · profitable · fortune · opulence · luxury · well-being · golden · heyday · prime
vibrant
Full of life, intensity
exuberant · vivacious · animated · spirited · radiant · buoyant · effervescent · resplendent · vivid · vigorous
- progress wordsadvance, progress, improve, grow, develop
- theatricstheatrics, dramatics, melodrama, histrionics, theatricality
- script letteringcursive, script font, hand lettering, calligraphy, copperplate
- Arabic calligraphykufi, calligrapher, reed pen, bismillah, letterforms
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- curvescurve, arc, curves, curls, curl
- final flourishShowy concluding gesture
- human flourishingOptimal living and wellbeing
- rhetorical flourishDecorative language technique
- artistic flourishDecorative creative addition
- rhetorical flourishesShowy language techniques
- stylistic flourishesDecorative artistic additions