Hard and Thriving

Hard

Hard adjective - Able to withstand hardship, strain, or exposure.
Usage example: they were forced to import sheep of a harder stock, one that could thrive in the harsh climate

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

Nearby Words: harden, hardship, hardy, hardly, hardness

Thriving

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

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

Nearby Words: thrive, thrived

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Useful Notes / Chicago aka: The Windy City Plenty of fans are still there, but it's hard to fill a stadium three times the size of the average for the AHL, especially with a thriving NHL team in town.
  • Literature / The Cinder Spires Chapters seen from Auroran perspective seem to bear this out, with Espira thinking of the Albions of Habble Landing as nothing but thieves and rats for the crime of having a thriving economy (which, it should be noted, they got through generations of hard work building an extra dock on their spire).
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