prosperous
[ pros-per-uhs ]
adjective
having or characterized by financial success or good fortune; flourishing; successful: a prosperous business.
well-to-do or well-off: a prosperous family.
favorable or propitious.
Origin of prosperous
1First 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
flourishing; prospering
rich; affluent; wealthy
favourable or promising
Derived forms of prosperous
- prosperously, adverb
- prosperousness, noun
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