· a showy gesture; "she entered with a great flourish"

Hypernym(s): gesture, motion

· an ornamental embellishment in writing

Hypernym(s): embellishment

· a display of ornamental speech or language

Hypernym(s): grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoric

· the act of waving

Synonym(s): brandish

Hypernym(s): wave, waving, wafture

· (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"

Synonym(s): fanfare, tucket

Hypernym(s): tune, melody, air, strain, melodic_line, line, melodic_phrase

· grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming"

Synonym(s): boom, thrive, expand

Hypernym(s): grow

· make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance; "The new student is thriving"

Synonym(s): thrive, prosper, fly_high

Hypernym(s): change_state, turn

· move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun"

Synonym(s): brandish, wave

Hypernym(s): move, displace