Active and Thriving

Active

Active adjective - Being in effective operation.
Usage example: the abandoned factory had not been active for years

Thriving and active are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thriving" instead an adjective "Active".

Thriving

Thriving adjective - Having attained a desired end or state of good fortune.

Active and thriving are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Active" instead an adjective "Thriving".

Nearby Words: thrive, thrived

Both words in one sentence

  • The Night That Never Ends Unlike many examples, it was actually a fairly nice place, with a thriving ecosystem sustained by a very active geology.
  • Conveniently Close Planet It is common for actively warring factions to both have relatively peaceful thriving colonies in a single star system, while active fighting takes place completely out of sight in a million kilometer wide no-mans land between.
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