thrive

UK: /ˈθraɪv/ US: /θraɪv/ ,(thrīv)

Inflections of 'thrive' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

thrives

v 3rd person singular

thriving

v pres p

thrived

v past

thrived

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

thrive /θraɪv/   v., thrived or throve/θroʊv/  thrived or thriv•en /ˈθrɪvən/  thriv•ing. 

1. to prosper;
   be successful:
   [no object] The business is thriving.
2. to grow or develop well;
   flourish: [no object]
   The plants will thrive in such a climate.
   [~ + on + object]
   Do you thrive on such challenges?

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

thrive (thrīv),  v.i., thrived or throve, thrived or thriv•en 

(thriv′ən),  thriv•ing. 
1. to prosper;
   be fortunate or successful.
2. to grow or develop vigorously;
   flourish:
   The children thrived in the country.
• Old Norse thrīfast to thrive, reflexive of thrīfa to grasp
• Middle English thriven 1150–1200
thriv′er, n. 
thriv′ing•ly, adv. 
Synonyms
• 1. advance. See succeed. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

thrive / θraɪv/ verb (thrives, thriving, thrived, throve, thrived, thriven / ˈθrɪv^ən/)(intransitive)

1. to grow strongly and vigorously
2. to do well; prosper

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old Norse thrīfask to grasp for oneself, reflexive of thrīfa to grasp, of obscure origin