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
  • For example, if your salary reaches $445,000, or $100,000 over the limit, the excess 17% translates to $17,000 as spillover into the MBCBP.
    Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Place cut citrus on paper towels to absorb any excess juices before putting them on your dressed salad.
    Elizabeth Mervosh, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of excess
Adjective
  • As road salt built up on the windshield, squirting the cleaner then using the wipers was effective but the extra drops of liquid the wipers consistently splattered all over the passenger side when performing its task, this was inexcusable and annoying.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • One charming extra service: a pillow menu, including scented pillows (lavender and peppermint were our preferred scent choices), body pillows, and more.
    Hannah Selinger, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of extra
Adjective
  • Lee has encounters with plenty of other men — there is a fairly thriving gay community in town — but he’s taken with Allerton.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Residents are more inclined to vote, volunteer and seek higher education, demonstrating how a thriving arts scene can promote a connected and involved community.
    Sara Smith, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of thriving
Adjective
  • 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
  • Facsimiles from Rahmani’s Ghost Net Journals (1991–2000) document her successful restoration of a dumpsite off the coast of Maine into a flourishing, regenerative wetland that is also her home.
    Stacie Stukin, ARTnews.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of flourishing
Adjective
  • On the 18th, guests can peruse more than 125 different wines at Saturday’s Discover Napa Valley Tasting Pavilion, while there are multiple Daytime Diversions available for booking that showcase the lavish side of South Florida.
    Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • On January 10, 2020, the actor and the singer announced their plan to marry, with both posting details of their lavish engagement on Instagram after a year and a half of dating.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of lavish
Adjective
  • Even his fellow prolific contemporaries don’t have a bar so high — sorry, Ridley Scott.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Flashback: Thurber House was the home of humorist James Thurber, a prolific early 20th century author, journalist and playwright who lived there from 1913-17 while studying at OSU.
    Andrew King, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
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
  • The United States didn’t start providing surplus DPICM shells to Ukraine until the summer of 2023—more than a year into Russia’s wider invasion of Ukraine.
    David Axe, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • In uncertain and uncomfortable economic times, White Pony Express’ services may become even more necessary as a way to match surplus food with those who need sustenance.
    George Avalos, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of surplus
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