Synonyms for flourish
ˈflɜr ɪʃ, ˈflʌr-flour·ish

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.4 / 5 votes

1. flourish

   Ostentation is an ambitious showing forth of whatever is thought adapted to win admiration or praise; ostentation may be without words; as, the ostentation of wealth in fine residences, rich clothing, costly equipage, or the like; when in words, ostentation is rather in manner than in direct statement; as, the ostentation of learning. Boasting is in direct statement, and is louder and more vulgar than ostentation. There may be great display or show with little substance; ostentation suggests something substantial to be shown. Pageant, pageantry, parade, and pomp refer principally to affairs of arms or state; as, a royal pageant; a military parade. Pomp is some material demonstration of wealth and power, as in grand and stately ceremonial, rich furnishings, processions, etc., considered as worthy of the person or occasion in whose behalf it is manifested; pomp is the noble side of that which as ostentation is considered as arrogant and vain. Pageant and pageantry are inferior to pomp, denoting spectacular display designed to impress the public mind, and since the multitude is largely ignorant and thoughtless, the words pageant and pageantry have a suggestion of the transient and unsubstantial. Parade (Latin paro, prepare) is an exhibition as of troops in camp going through the evolutions that are to be used in battle, and suggests a lack of earnestness and direct or immediate occasion or demand; hence, in the more general sense, a parade is an uncalled for exhibition, and so used is a more disparaging word than ostentation; ostentation may spring merely from undue self-gratulation, parade implies a desire to impress others with a sense of one's abilities or resources, and is always offensive and somewhat contemptible; as, a parade of wealth or learning. Pomposity and pompousness are the affectation of pomp.

   Synonyms:
   boast, boasting, display, ostentation, pageant, pageantry, parade, pomp, pomposity, pompousness, show, vaunt, vaunting

   Antonyms:
   diffidence, modesty, quietness, reserve, retirement, shrinking, timidity, unobtrusiveness

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. flourish

   Synonyms:
   prosper, thrive, speed, triumph, brandish, wave

   Antonyms:
   fail, fade, decline, miscarry, founder, arrest, sheath, ground

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. flourishnoun

   a showy gesture

   "she entered with a great flourish"

   Synonyms:
   tucket, fanfare, brandish

2. flourishnoun

   an ornamental embellishment in writing

   Synonyms:
   tucket, fanfare, brandish

3. flourishnoun

   a display of ornamental speech or language

   Synonyms:
   tucket, fanfare, brandish

4. flourish, brandishnoun

   the act of waving

   Synonyms:
   tucket, fanfare, brandish

5. flourish, fanfare, tucketverb

   (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments

   "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"

   Synonyms:
   flash, tucket, fanfare, brandish, ostentation

6. boom, thrive, flourish, expandverb

   grow vigorously

   "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming"

   Synonyms:
   elaborate, wave, fly high, expound, exposit, spread out, blast, amplify, lucubrate, blow up, thrive, din, extend, inflate, expatiate, nail, brandish, flesh out, dilate, thunder, boom, enlarge, prosper, expand, boom out, smash

7. thrive, prosper, fly high, flourishverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   wave, brandish, prosper, fly high, thrive, boom, expand

8. brandish, flourish, waveverb

   move or swing back and forth

   "She waved her gun"

   Synonyms:
   roll, brandish, prosper, fly high, thrive, flap, undulate, wave, beckon, expand, boom, curl

Matched Categories

1. • Change State
   • Embellishment
   • Gesture
   • Grandiosity
   • Grow
   • Move
   • Wave

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. flourishverb

   Synonyms:
   thrive, grow

2. flourishverb

   Synonyms:
   prosper, succeed, be successful, go on well

3. flourishverb

   Synonyms:
   boast, brag, vaunt, vapor, gasconade, bluster, make a show, be ostentatious, show off, cut a dash, make a flourish

4. flourishverb

   Synonyms:
   brandish, wave

5. flourishnoun

   Synonyms:
   ostentation, parade, show, display, dash

6. flourishnoun

   Synonyms:
   bombast, grandiloquence, flowery speech, high-sounding words

7. flourishnoun

   Synonyms:
   fanciful strokes (of a pen, &c.)

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1. flourishnoun

   Synonyms:
   embellishment, curlycue, paraph, fanfare, call, parade, show, display, brandishing, waving

2. flourishverb

   Synonyms:
   thrive, wave, brandish

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "flourish":

   prosper, thrive, blossom, flourish, bloom, grow

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How to use flourish in a sentence?

1. Ziyavudin Magomedov:

   Then everything will flourish in glorious colors, the time is ripe for reforms.

2. Jane Goodall:

   I hope the photos will lead people into the wonderful worlds of these iconic species. Then, perhaps, other people will become involved in helping to create a world where wildlife can flourish for future generations to enjoy.

3. Erika Lindsay:

   A primary role of our office is to provide programs and resources to help the arts and culture sector flourish and many arts and cultural organizations see the ability to become more inclusive as a major step towards their ability to thrive.

4. Ben Cavender:

   The brand — and the heritage that the brand has — it's really impossible to replicate that, somebody can't set up a new venture tomorrow and do what they can do. It's not sort of possible to go back in time and get Mao Zedong to be interested in your drink. It's not possible to sort of be located in the town where they make their products. So I think they have a strong built-in story that allows them to flourish.

5. Henry Commager:

   If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism if our government is to function it must have dissent.