What does florish mean?

Answer 1

1. 1. (of a person, animal, or other living organism) grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly favorable environment.

   "wild plants flourish on the banks of the lake"

   synonyms: grow, thrive, prosper, do well, burgeon, increase, multiply, proliferate; More spring up, shoot up, bloom, blossom, bear fruit, burst forth, run riot "ferns flourish in the shade"

   antonyms: die, wither

   • develop rapidly and successfully.

     "the organization has continued to flourish"

     synonyms: thrive, prosper, bloom, be in good health, be vigorous, be in its heyday; More progress, make progress, advance, make headway, develop, improve; evolve, make strides, move forward (in leaps and bounds), expand;

     informalbe in the pink, go places, go great guns, get somewhere

     "the arts flourished"

     antonyms: decline

2. (of a person) be working or at the height of one's career during a specified period.

   "the caricaturist and wit who flourished in the early years of this century"

   synonyms: thrive, prosper, bloom, be in good health, be vigorous, be in its heyday; More progress, make progress, advance, make headway, develop, improve; evolve, make strides, move forward (in leaps and bounds), expand;

   informalbe in the pink, go places, go great guns, get somewhere

   "the arts flourished"

   antonyms: decline