Flourish

//ˈflʌɹ.ɪʃ//

Synonyms for "flourish" (364 found)

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Closest matches (73)

Strong matches (109)

decoration demonstrate demonstration develop device disclose display division divulge do well dramatics dramatize draw the longbow eclat elaborate elaboration elegant variation embellish embellishment emblazon

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Verb(2 words)

expand fly high

Noun(1 words)

fanfare

Related words (182)

highlight histrionics hold up hot lick hypertrophy illuminate illumination image imagery impromptu improvisation in full swing incarnate incidental incidental note increase indicate interpolation involve keep fit

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lagniappe leaf leaf out leave lick live load with ornament long mordent lushness luxuriance luxuriate make make a figure make a show of make a splash make clear make good make out make plain manifest manifestation manner of speaking materialize maturate mature mean mellow mordent multiply mushroom never feel better nonliterality nonliteralness ornament ornamentation ostentation outgrow overcharge overdevelop overflow with energy overgrow overlay overload overrun overtop padding pageant pageantry panache parade passage perform place pralltriller premium present procreate produce prosper puff pullulate purple passage purple patches put forth put forth leaves put forward put out buds reach its season reach maturity represent reproduce reveal riff riot ripe ripen roll out root roulade run score set forth shake shaking sham shine shoot shoot up show show forth showiness showing off showing-off single mordent something extra speak for buncombe spectacle splash splurge sport spotlight spring up sprout sprout up staginess stay in shape stay young strike root stroke stuffing succeed superaddition swagger swing swish take root theatrics token tower trick out trim trimming trope trot out trumpet trumpet forth turn turn of expression twirl twist undulate undulation unfold upshoot upspear upspring upsprout vamp vapor varnish vaunt vegetate verve wag wave wave about wave motion waving wax way of speaking wear well wield wigwag window dressing wrinkle

Noun(2 words)

paraph tucket

Verb(5 words)

prosper rock take off thrive wave

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

23 entries

air change state displace embellishment gesture grandiloquence grandiosity grow line magniloquence melodic line melodic phrase melody motion move ornateness

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Synonyms

3 entries

boom brandish thrive

derived

9 entries

flourishable flourisher flourishly flourishment flourishy outflourish overflourish reflourish unflourished

has context

2 entries

architecture music

is a

5 entries

embellishment gesture grandiosity tune wave

related to

28 entries

bold bow ceremonious dramatic embellishment fanfare fare figure flag gesture grow grow vibrantly grow well influence movement ornamentation

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Translations

173 translations across 28 languages.

Ancient Greek

3 entries

θάλλω verb (to thrive or grow well)
ἀκμάζω verb (to prosper or fare well)
ἀκμάζω verb (to make bold, sweeping movements)

Armenian

2 entries

ծաղկել verb (to thrive or grow well)
ծաղկել verb (to prosper or fare well)

Bulgarian

4 entries

завъртулка noun (ornamentation)
размахване noun (dramatic gesture)
фанфари noun (ceremonious passage)
вирея verb (to thrive or grow well)

Catalan

4 entries

floritura noun (dramatic gesture)
floritura noun (ornamentation)
ornament noun (architecture: decorative embellishment)
florir verb (to thrive or grow well)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

繁榮 /繁荣 verb (to thrive or grow well)

Czech

4 entries

fanfára noun (ceremonious passage)
kudrlinka noun (ornamentation)
tuš noun (ceremonious passage)
dařit se verb (to thrive or grow well)

Danish

2 entries

florere verb (to thrive or grow well)
trives verb (to thrive or grow well)

Dutch

4 entries

gezwaai noun (dramatic gesture)
ornament noun (ornamentation)
versiering noun (ornamentation)
zwaai noun (dramatic gesture)

Esperanto

4 entries

fanfaro noun (ceremonious passage)
disflori verb (to thrive or grow well)
disflori verb (to prosper or fare well)
flori verb (to be in a period of greatest influence)

Finnish

4 entries

koriste noun (ornamentation)
koriste noun (architecture: decorative embellishment)
koukero noun (ornamentation)
kukoistaa verb (to thrive or grow well)

French

4 entries

fioriture noun (ornamentation)
gesticulation noun (dramatic gesture)
morceau de bravoure noun (ceremonious passage)
brandir verb (to make bold, sweeping movements)

German

4 entries

Ausschmückung noun (ornamentation)
Dekoration noun (architecture: decorative embellishment)
Fanfare noun (ceremonious passage)
Hieb noun (dramatic gesture)

Icelandic

4 entries

blómstra verb (to thrive or grow well)
blómstra verb (to prosper or fare well)
dafna verb (to thrive or grow well)
dafna verb (to prosper or fare well)

Ido

3 entries

fiorituro noun (ornamentation)
florifar verb (to thrive or grow well)
florifar verb (to prosper or fare well)

Italian

4 entries

gesticolio noun (dramatic gesture)
girigogolo noun (ornamentation)
sventolio noun (dramatic gesture)
svolazzo noun (ornamentation)

Japanese

4 entries

見せびらかし noun (dramatic gesture)
栄える verb (to prosper or fare well)
繁栄する verb (to thrive or grow well)
繁茂する verb (to thrive or grow well)

Latin

4 entries

floreō verb (to thrive or grow well)
floreō verb (to prosper or fare well)
vigeō verb (to thrive or grow well)
vigeō verb (to prosper or fare well)

Middle English

4 entries

floryshe noun (dramatic gesture)
floryschen verb (to make bold, sweeping movements)
flouren verb (to thrive or grow well)
flouren verb (to prosper or fare well)

Māori

4 entries

ngaruru verb (to thrive or grow well)
pāhautea verb (to thrive or grow well)
tīwaiwai verb (to make bold, sweeping movements)
whakakakapa verb (to make bold, sweeping movements)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

blomstre verb (to prosper or fare well)
blomstre verb (to be in a period of greatest influence)
florere verb (to thrive or grow well)
florere verb (to prosper or fare well)

Occitan

4 entries

brandir verb (to make bold, sweeping movements)
far flòri verb (to prosper or fare well)
florir verb (to thrive or grow well)
florir verb (to prosper or fare well)

Old English

2 entries

þēon verb (to prosper or fare well)
þēon verb (to be in a period of greatest influence)

Portuguese

3 entries

floreio noun (ornamentation)
florescer verb (to thrive or grow well)
florescer verb (to prosper or fare well)

Romanian

4 entries

prospera verb (to prosper or fare well)
înflori verb (to thrive or grow well)
înflori verb (to prosper or fare well)
înflori verb (to be in a period of greatest influence)

Russian

4 entries

завиту́шка noun (ornamentation)
загогу́лина noun (ornamentation)
ро́счерк noun (ornamentation)
туш noun (ceremonious passage)

Spanish

4 entries

ademanes noun (dramatic gesture)
floreo noun (ornamentation)
floritura noun (ornamentation)
florecer verb (to thrive or grow well)

Swedish

2 entries

blomstra verb (to thrive or grow well)
frodas verb (to thrive or grow well)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ро́зчерк noun (ornamentation)
туш noun (ceremonious passage)
фанфа́ра noun (ceremonious passage)
кві́тнути verb (to prosper or fare well)

Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Legends of vampires flourish in the Balkans.

Source: tatoeba (19753)

For how long did the Maya culture flourish?

Source: tatoeba (32407)

When someone speaks with such rhetorical flourish, it starts to sound like they're lying.

Source: tatoeba (41472)

Virtue can only flourish amongst equals.

Source: tatoeba (413862)

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