thriving

adj 1: very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a

palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new

business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving

tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"

[syn: {booming}, {flourishing}, {palmy}, {prospering},

{prosperous}, {roaring}]

2: having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life;

"flourishing crops"; "flourishing chicks"; "a growing

boy"; "fast-growing weeds"; "a thriving deer population"

[syn: {flourishing}, {growing}]