proliferative

adjective

Definition of proliferativenext
as in bursting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proliferative
  1. excess
  2. extra
  3. thriving
  4. flourishing
  5. lavish
  6. prolific
  7. luxuriant
  8. surplus
Adjective
  • With the dog sedated, the team went to work, shaving pounds of excess fur from her body.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Drainage holes allow excess water to flow away from plant roots and are essential for preventing root rot.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of excess
Adjective
  • Those who need extra time due to having pets or livestock were told to evacuate now.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Order extra injera bread ($2) to sop up every ounce of flavor from the plate.
    Martin Vassolo, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of extra
Adjective
  • Other photographers across the city, known for its thriving creative community, are lending their skills in similar ways.
    Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Over the years, the school has grown from a small institution into a thriving educational complex serving almost 1,000 students in grades 6-12.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of thriving
Adjective
  • Rather like Sansa Stark herself, the Game of Thrones alum who's had the most flourishing post-Westeros career might just be Sophie Turner.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Play/Pause Button Pause An avatar waves hello in Meta Horizon Worlds. Beyond that main foyer, Meta’s metaverse is less focused, or at least doesn’t have the user base to build up a flourishing political space.
    Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of flourishing
Adjective
  • Capital Public Radio has sued its former general manager, accusing him of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the station to fund a lofty lifestyle filled with lavish overseas trips, renovate his home residence, pay his children’s university tuition and more.
    Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Through the 18th and into the 19th centuries, the Classical Revival house style represented a turn to simplicity after the lavish ornamentation of previous periods like French Rococo, and that clean austerity still has appeal today.
    Lauren Gallow, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of lavish
Adjective
  • The misses — at this point three years into his tenure — have been as prolific as his hits.
    Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Instead of pitching and waiting for replies, focus on being prolific.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of prolific
Adjective
  • One Madison’s slate of attractions includes a public gym (run by Chelsea Piers Fitness) so spacious and luxuriant that members might be tempted to move in.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 21 Nov. 2024
  • This was a man who had lengthy experience in surviving far from luxuriant conditions, firstly from his time living with the destitute of Paris and London as part of his first successful non-fiction volume and secondly as a fighter for the Republican cause in the Spanish Civil War.
    Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of luxuriant
Adjective
  • In the meantime, many homeowners who were dropped may be forced to find a policy through the state insurer of last resort – the FAIR plan – or a surplus line carrier, an unregulated insurer that charges far more than a traditional policy.
    Nadia Lopez, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The company plans to allocate up to 90% of its surplus cash to bitcoin, borrowing a page from MicroStrategy’s playbook.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of surplus
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