Meanings
plural prosperities
- countableuncountableThe condition of being prosperous: having good fortune and a fortune.
Near-synonym: thriving
1 more example
“Eating meat means prosperity in the coming year,” the roastery wrote on Weibo on February 5, days before the Lunar New Year began.
2024 February 20, Jessie Yeung and Hassan Tayir, “Pork flavored coffee is Starbucks’ newest China pitch”, in CNN BusinessSynonyms: prosperousness, abundance, affluence, cheese, ease, fortune, substance, Mammon
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe condition of being prosperous: having good fortune and a fortune.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe condition of prospering; having good fortune
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinprosperitās
- Old Frenchprosperitet
- Middle Englishprosperite
- Englishprosperity
From Middle English prosperite, from Old French prosperitet, from Latin prosperitās, equivalent to prosper + -ity.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek εὐθηνία, ὄλβος
- εὐθηνία (euthēnía)condition of being prosperous
- ὄλβος (ólbos)condition of being prosperous
Arabic اِزْدِهَار, رَخَاء
- اِزْدِهَار (izdihār)condition of being prosperous
- رَخَاء (raḵāʔ)condition of being prosperous
- فَلَح (falaḥ)condition of being prosperous
Bulgarian преуспяване, благоденствие
- преуспяване (preuspjavane)condition of being prosperous
- благоденствие (blagodenstvie)condition of being prosperous
Catalan prosperitat
- prosperitatcondition of being prosperous
Chinese Mandarin 繁榮 /繁荣
- 繁榮 /繁荣 (fánróng)condition of being prosperous
Czech prosperita
- prosperitacondition of being prosperous
Dutch voorspoed
- voorspoedcondition of being prosperous
Esperanto prospero
- prosperocondition of being prosperous
Estonian jõukus
- jõukuscondition of being prosperous
Finnish vauraus
- vaurauscondition of being prosperous
French prospérité
- prospéritécondition of being prosperous
German Prosperität, Wohlstand
- Prosperitätcondition of being prosperous
- Wohlstandcondition of being prosperous
Greek ευημερία, ευπορία
- ευημερία (evimería)condition of being prosperous
- ευπορία (efporía)condition of being prosperous
Hindi समृद्धि, संपन्नता
- समृद्धि (samŕddhi)condition of being prosperous
- संपन्नता (sampannatā)condition of being prosperous
Icelandic velmegun, góðæri
- velmeguncondition of being prosperous
- góðæricondition of being prosperous
Irish rath
- rathcondition of being prosperous
Italian prosperità
- prosperitàcondition of being prosperous
Japanese 繁栄
- 繁栄 (han'ei)condition of being prosperous
Korean 번영
- 번영 (beonyeong)condition of being prosperous
Latin prosperitās
- prosperitāscondition of being prosperous
Māori tōnuitanga, houkuratanga
- tōnuitangacondition of being prosperous
- houkuratangacondition of being prosperous
Persian خوشبختی, کامروایی
- خوشبختی (xošbaxti)condition of being prosperous
- کامروایی (kāmravāyī)condition of being prosperous
- بهروزی (behruzi)condition of being prosperous
- آبادیcondition of being prosperous
Polish dobrobyt
- dobrobytcondition of being prosperous
Portuguese prosperidade
- prosperidadecondition of being prosperous
Romanian prosperitate
- prosperitatecondition of being prosperous
Russian преуспева́ние, процвета́ние
- преуспева́ние (preuspevánije)condition of being prosperous
- процвета́ние (procvetánije)condition of being prosperous
- благосостоя́ние (blagosostojánije)condition of being prosperous
Scottish Gaelic àigh, piseach
- àighcondition of being prosperous
- piseachcondition of being prosperous
Slovak prosperita
- prosperitacondition of being prosperous
Spanish prosperidad
- prosperidadcondition of being prosperous
Swedish välstånd
- välståndcondition of being prosperous
Tagalog kasaganaan, kaunlaran
- kasaganaancondition of being prosperous
- kaunlarancondition of being prosperous
- kariwasaancondition of being prosperous
Thai ความรุ่งเรือง
- ความรุ่งเรือง (kwaam-rûng-rʉʉang)condition of being prosperous
Turkish refah, gönenç
- refahcondition of being prosperous
- gönençcondition of being prosperous
Ukrainian процвіта́ння, добро́бут
- процвіта́ння (procvitánnja)condition of being prosperous
- добро́бут (dobróbut)condition of being prosperous
Cite this entry
prosperity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prosperity
“prosperity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prosperity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prosperity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prosperity.
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