Synonyms: flourish, fanfare, tucket
Definition: (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
Usage: he entered to a flourish of trumpets; her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare
Similar words: line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, air, strain, tune
Definition: a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
Usage: she was humming an air from Beethoven
Definition: the act of waving
Synonyms: flourish
Definition: a display of ornamental speech or language
Similar words: grandiloquence, grandiosity, rhetoric, magniloquence, ornateness
Definition: high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
Usage: the grandiosity of his prose; an excessive ornateness of language
Synonyms: flourish
Definition: a showy gesture
Usage: she entered with a great flourish
Similar words: gesture, motion
Definition: the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
Synonyms: flourish
Definition: an ornamental embellishment in writing
Similar words: embellishment
Definition: a superfluous ornament
Synonyms: boom, flourish, expand, thrive
Definition: grow vigorously
Usage: The deer population in this town is thriving; business is booming
Similar words: grow
Definition: become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain
Usage: The problem grew too large for me; Her business grew fast
Synonyms: brandish, flourish, wave
Definition: move or swing back and forth
Usage: She waved her gun
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Synonyms: prosper, thrive, flourish, fly high
Definition: make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
Usage: The new student is thriving
Similar words: turn, change state
Definition: undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
Usage: We turned from Socialism to Capitalism; The people turned against the President when he stole the election