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

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How to use prosperous in a sentence

  • Prosperously, but not noticeably otherwise; he thought, in black.

    Great Expectations | Charles Dickens

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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