Dictionary Definition
prosperous adj
1 in fortunate circumstances financially;
moderately rich; "they were comfortable or even wealthy by some
standards"; "easy living"; "a prosperous family"; "his family is
well-situated financially"; "well-to-do members of the community"
[syn: comfortable,
easy, well-fixed,
well-heeled,
well-off,
well-situated,
well-to-do]
2 very lively and profitable; "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" [syn: booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, roaring, thriving]
3 marked by peace and prosperity; "a golden era";
"the halcyon days of the clipper trade" [syn: golden, halcyon]
4 tending to favor or bring good luck; "miracles
are auspicious accidents"; "encouraging omens"; "a favorable time
to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a
decision" [syn: auspicious, encouraging, favorable, favourable, lucky]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Etymology
prosperer, from prosperare, to cause to succeed, from prosperus, favorable, from Old Latin pro spere, according to expectation, from pro, for, and spes, hopeAdjective
- characterized
by success
- Trading Babe Ruth was far more prosperous for the Yankees than for the Red Sox.
- well off; affluent
- He was raised in a very prosperous household.
- favorable
- He chose a prosperous lottery number that evening.
Synonyms
- (characterized by success): successful
- (well off): affluent, rich, well off, well-to-do
- (favorable): favorable
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
characterized by success
well off; affluent
favorable
- Serbian: dobrostojan , dobrostojna
Extensive Definition
Prosperous may refer to:
- Prosperous,
County Kildare, an Irish village
- Battle of Prosperous, part of the 1798 Rebellion
- Prosperous (album), by Christy Moore
- The Prosperous Peasant, a novel
Political parties
- Prosperous Armenia
- Prosperous Peace Party (Indonesia)
- Prosperous Justice Party (Indonesia)
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abounding in riches, affluent, appropriate, assured of
success, auspicious,
benign, benignant, booming, comfortable, comfortably
situated, coming,
convenient, crowned
with success, desirable, disgustingly rich,
easy, fair, fat, favorable, favoring, felicitous, flourishing, flush, fortunate, frightfully rich,
full of promise, golden,
good, halcyon, happy, in clover, in funds, in
good case, in luxury, in the money, independent, independently
rich, independently wealthy, loaded, lucky, luxurious, made, made of money, moneyed, monied, of good omen, of happy
portent, of promise, on Easy Street, on the up-and-up, on top, on
velvet, oofy, opportune, opulent, out in front, promising, propitious, prospering, provided for,
rich, rich as Croesus,
rolling in money, seasonable, snug, strong, substantial, succeeding, successful, surefire, thriving, triumphant, wallowing in
wealth, warm, wealthy, well, well provided for,
well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-timed,
well-to-do