verb
- Make a resonant sound, like artillery.
- usage: "His deep voice boomed through the hall"
- Hit hard.
- usage: "He smashed a 3-run homer"
- Be the case that thunder is being heard.
- usage: "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed"
- Make a deep hollow sound.
- usage: "Her voice booms out the words of the song"
- Grow vigorously.
- usage: "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming"
adjective
- Very lively and profitable.
- usage: "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"
- synonyms: flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving
- Used of the voice.
- synonyms: stentorian
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