flourish
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a showy gesture
she entered with a great flourish
Types & categories
- motion hypernym
Sense 2 verb
grow vigorously
The deer population in this town is thriving
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- boom derivation
- expandable derivation
Sense 3 noun
an ornamental embellishment in writing
Types & categories
- embellishment hypernym
- paraph hyponym
Sense 4 verb
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
Types & categories
- change state hypernym
Sense 5 noun
a display of ornamental speech or language
Types & categories
- ornateness hypernym
Sense 6 verb
move or swing back and forth
She waved her gun
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
the act of waving
Types & categories
- waving hypernym
Related & opposite
- brandish derivation
Sense 8 noun
(music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
he entered to a flourish of trumpets
Types & categories
- tune hypernym
Related & opposite
- music domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | motion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | boom |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | expandable |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | grow |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | revive |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | luxuriate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | embellishment |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | paraph |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change state |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | ornateness |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | brandish |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | waver |
| 6 | entails | Related & opposite | hold |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | wigwag |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | brandish |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | waving |
| 8 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | tune |