| VERB | change | flourish, boom, thrive, expand | grow vigorously |
|---|---|---|---|
| possession | flourish, thrive, prosper, fly high | make steady progress | |
| contact | flourish, brandish, wave | move or swing back and forth | |
| NOUN | communication | flourish | a showy gesture |
| communication | flourish | an ornamental embellishment in writing | |
| communication | flourish | a display of ornamental speech or language | |
| communication | flourish, brandish | the act of waving | |
| communication | flourish, fanfare, tucket | (music) a short / short lively tune played on brass instruments |
| Sounds | fler'ihsh | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abolish ... Yiddish: 161 rhymes with ihsh... | |
| Meaning | A showy gesture. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "she entered with a great flourish" | |
| Broader | gesture, motion | The use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals |
| Spanish | adorno, floritura, gesto dramático | |
| Meaning | An ornamental embellishment in writing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | paraph | A flourish added after or under your signature (originally / originally to protect against forgery) |
| Broader | embellishment | A superfluous ornament |
| Meaning | A display of ornamental speech or language. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoric | High-flown style |
| Spanish | floritura | |
| Meaning | The act of waving. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | brandish | |
| Broader | wave, waving, wafture | The act of signaling by a movement of the hand |
| Verbs | flourish | move or swing back and forth |
| Meaning | (music) a short / short lively tune played on brass instruments. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he entered to a flourish of trumpets" | |
| Synonyms | fanfare, tucket | |
| Category | music | An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner |
| Broader | tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase | A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence |
| Spanish | fanfarria | |
| Catalan | fanfara | |
| Meaning | Grow vigorously. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | The business is going to flourish | |
| Synonyms | boom, thrive, expand | |
| Narrower | luxuriate | Thrive profusely or flourish extensively |
| revive | Be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength | |
| Broader | grow | Become larger / larger, greater, or bigger |
| Spanish | crecer, florecer, medrar, prosperar | |
| Catalan | créixer, prosperar | |
| Meaning | Make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | thrive, prosper, fly high | |
| Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
| Spanish | acaudalar, crecer, florecer, fly high, medrar, proliferar, prosperar | |
| Catalan | créixer, prosperar, surar | |
| Meaning | Move or swing back and forth. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | brandish, wave | |
| Entails | hold, take hold | Have or hold in one's hands or grip |
| Narrower | wigwag | Send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Spanish | agitar, balancear, blandir, esgrimir, ondear, ondular, prosperar | |
| Catalan | brandar, brandejar, prosperar | |
| Nouns | flourish | the act of waving |
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