throve

Did very well

Throve is the past tense of thrive, meaning to grow vigorously or flourish: The business throve in its early years.

While thrived is now more common, throve remains correct and carries a slightly literary or old-fashioned quality.

Wild roses throve along the fence line.

flourished

bloomed

Produced flowers

excelled · triumphed · soared · peaked · boomed · radiated · shone · glowed · matured · ripened

growth

cultivated

Improved through nurture

developed · nourished · burgeoned · flourished · strengthened · deepened · evolved · transformed · blossomed · emerged

abundance

plentiful

Existing in abundance

  • bountifulPlentiful and generous
  • richHaving much of something
  • lushRichly abundant in growth

teeming · fertile · fecund · fruitful · copious · profuse · overflowing · luxuriant · ample · prolific

prosperity

wealthy

Having abundant financial resources

comfortable · secure · stable · established · successful · profitable · lucrative · abundant · plentiful · bountiful

Opposites
prosperity and flourishing

throvefailed

Did not succeed

declined · struggled · floundered · languished · collapsed

vitality and health

throvewithered

Dried and shrunken

wilted · shriveled · perished · wasted away · died

Family

thrive, thriving, thrives, thrived, thriven

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