thrived

Did very well

Thrived is the past tense and past participle of thrive, meaning to flourish, prosper, or grow vigorously.

A business thrived, a child thrived, a garden thrived.

The company thrived during the economic boom.

She thrived in her new environment.

The alternative form throve exists but sounds archaic; thrived dominates in modern usage.

prospered

prospered

Succeeded materially

  • wealthyHaving abundant financial resources
  • affluentHaving abundant financial resources
  • boomingExperiencing rapid growth

profitable · lucrative · opulent · rich · well-off · moneyed · successful · gainful · rewarding · fruitful

flourishing

flourished

Grew vigorously, succeeded

lush · verdant · abundant · fertile · prolific · luxuriant · teeming · burgeoning · resilient · buoyant

achievement

succeeded

Achieved desired outcome

excelled · prevailed · advanced · progressed · breakthrough · milestone · ascended · rose · soared · peaked

Opposites
success and flourishing

thrivedfailed

Did not succeed

declined · withered · languished · collapsed · floundered

vitality and health

thrivedwithered

Dried and shrunken

wilted · languished · perished · died · wasted away

bare survival vs. flourishing

thrivedsurvived

Remained alive through hardship

subsisted · hung on · tread water · got by · died

Phrases
Family

thrive, thriving, thrives, thriven

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G