prosperous

[ pros-per-uhs ]
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adjective
  1. having or characterized by financial success or good fortune; flourishing; successful: a prosperous business.

  2. well-to-do or well-off: a prosperous family.

  1. favorable or propitious.

Origin of prosperous

1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin prosperus

Other words for prosperous

Other words from prosperous

  • pros·per·ous·ly, adverb
  • pros·per·ous·ness, noun
  • non·pros·per·ous, adjective
  • non·pros·per·ous·ly, adverb
  • non·pros·per·ous·ness, noun
  • o·ver·pros·per·ous, adjective
  • o·ver·pros·per·ous·ly, adverb
  • o·ver·pros·per·ous·ness, noun
  • pseu·do·pros·per·ous, adjective
  • pseu·do·pros·per·ous·ly, adverb
  • qua·si-pros·per·ous, adjective
  • qua·si-pros·per·ous·ly, adverb
  • su·per·pros·per·ous, adjective
  • un·pros·per·ous, adjective
  • un·pros·per·ous·ly, adverb
  • un·pros·per·ous·ness, noun

Words Nearby prosperous

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How to use prosperous in a sentence

  • prosperous farms came into being in the meadows where the antelope had pastured.

    Where the Trail Divides | Will Lillibridge
  • prosperous until the advent of the pioneer, he little by little became poorer, and finally withdrew from business.

  • prosperous and adverse days appeared to visit the two communities almost in the same alternation.

  • prosperous and well-governed States were ever in peril of invasion by barbarous peoples.

    Myths of Babylonia and Assyria | Donald A. Mackenzie
  • prosperous traders foreclosed them, the spirit of the times defeated them, young Liberals succeeded them in office.

    The Imperialist | (a.k.a. Mrs. Everard Cotes) Sara Jeannette Duncan

British Dictionary definitions for prosperous

prosperous

/ (ˈprɒspərəs) /


adjective
  1. flourishing; prospering

  2. rich; affluent; wealthy

  1. favourable or promising

Derived forms of prosperous

  • prosperously, adverb
  • prosperousness, noun

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