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1. Very lively and profitable
   "a thriving tourist centre"; "did a thriving business in orchids"
   - booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring

1. Grow vigorously
   "The deer population in this town is thriving"
   - boom, flourish, expand
    
2. Make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
   "The new student is thriving"
   - prosper, fly high, flourish

See also: successful

Type of: change state, grow, turn

Encyclopedia: Thrive