Meanings
comparative more prosperous · superlative most prosperous
- Characterized by success.
Trading Babe Ruth was far more prosperous for the Yankees than for the Red Sox.
Synonyms: successful
- Well off; affluent.
He was raised in a very prosperous household.
1 more example
He wondered how many people were destitute that same night even in his own prosperous country, how many homes were shanties, how many husbands were drunk and wives socked, and how many children were bullied, abused or abandoned.
1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Eternal City”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 428Synonyms: affluent
- Favorable.
He chose a prosperous lottery number that evening.
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So draw him home to those that mourn In vain; a favourable speed Ruffle thy mirror’d mast, and lead Thro’ prosperous floods his holy urn.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto IX”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLCSynonyms: favorable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCharacterized by success.
adjectiveWell off; affluent.
adjectiveFavorable.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivein fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
adjectivevery lively and profitable
adjectivepresaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Latinpro spere“according to expectation”
- Latinprosperō“to cause to succeed”
- Old Frenchprosperer
- Middle Frenchprospereus
- Englishprosperous
From Middle French prospereus, from Old French prosperer, from Latin prosperō (“to cause to succeed”), from Old Latin pro spere (“according to expectation”), from pro (“for”) + spes (“hope”).
More words from Middle French, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek οὔριος, ὄλβιος
- οὔριος (oúrios)characterized by success
- ὄλβιος (ólbios)characterized by success
- πλούσιος (ploúsios)well off; affluent
- ἐπιτυχής (epitukhḗs)well off; affluent
- εὐνοϊκός (eunoïkós)favorable — see also favourable
Bulgarian успешен, богат
- успешен (uspešen)characterized by success
- богат (bogat)well off; affluent
- заможен (zamožen)well off; affluent
- благоприятен (blagoprijaten)favorable — see also favourable
Catalan pròsper, pròsper
- pròspercharacterized by success
- pròsperwell off; affluent
- pròsperfavorable — see also favourable
Chinese Mandarin 繁榮 /繁荣, 昌盛
- 繁榮 /繁荣 (fánróng)characterized by success
- 昌盛 (chāngshèng)characterized by success
- 富裕 (fùyù)well off; affluent
- 好意 (hǎoyì)favorable — see also favourable
- 順利 /顺利 (shùnlì)favorable — see also favourable
- 有利 (yǒulì)favorable — see also favourable
Dutch succesvol, geslaagd
- succesvolcharacterized by success
- geslaagdcharacterized by success
- welvarendwell off; affluent
- welgesteldwell off; affluent
- succesvolwell off; affluent
- voorspoedigfavorable — see also favourable
- geslaagdfavorable — see also favourable
- gelukkigfavorable — see also favourable
Finnish menestyvä, vauras
- menestyvächaracterized by success
- vauraswell off; affluent
- onnekasfavorable — see also favourable
French prospère, florissant
- prospèrecharacterized by success
- florissantcharacterized by success
- réussissantcharacterized by success
- prospèrewell off; affluent
- richewell off; affluent
- favorablefavorable — see also favourable
German blühend, florierend
- blühendcharacterized by success
- florierendcharacterized by success
- erfolgreichcharacterized by success
- wohlhabendwell off; affluent
- reichwell off; affluent
- günstigfavorable — see also favourable
Greek πλούσιος, επιτυχής
- πλούσιος (ploúsios)well off; affluent
- επιτυχής (epitychís)well off; affluent
- ευνοϊκός (evnoïkós)favorable — see also favourable
Hindi संपन्न, समृद्ध
- संपन्न (sampann)characterized by success
- समृद्ध (samŕddh)characterized by success
- संपन्न (sampann)well off; affluent
- समृद्ध (samŕddh)well off; affluent
Hungarian sikeres, jómódú
- sikerescharacterized by success
- jómódúwell off; affluent
Indonesian makmur, sejahtera
- makmurcharacterized by success
- sejahteracharacterized by success
Irish rafar
- rafarcharacterized by success
Japanese 繁栄している, 順調な
- 繁栄している (han'ei shite iru)characterized by success
- 順調な (junchō na)favorable — see also favourable
Latin prosper, prosperus
- prospercharacterized by success
- prosperuscharacterized by success
- prosperwell off; affluent
- prosperuswell off; affluent
Māori taurikura, houkura
- taurikuracharacterized by success
- houkurawell off; affluent
- tōnuiwell off; affluent
- taurikurawell off; affluent
- houkurafavorable — see also favourable
Persian برخوردار
- برخوردارcharacterized by success
Portuguese próspero, próspero
- prósperocharacterized by success
- prósperowell off; affluent
- prósperofavorable — see also favourable
Romanian prosper
- prospercharacterized by success
Russian процвета́ющий, преуспева́ющий
- процвета́ющий (procvetájuščij)characterized by success
- преуспева́ющий (preuspevájuščij)characterized by success
- уда́чливый (udáčlivyj)characterized by success
- благополу́чный (blagopolúčnyj)characterized by success
- успе́шный (uspéšnyj)characterized by success
- зажи́точный (zažítočnyj)well off; affluent
- состоя́тельный (sostojátelʹnyj)well off; affluent
- бога́тый (bogátyj)well off; affluent
- обеспе́ченный (obespéčennyj)well off; affluent
- благоприя́тный (blagoprijátnyj)favorable — see also favourable
Spanish rico
- ricowell off; affluent
Swedish välbärgad
- välbärgadwell off; affluent
Turkish bayındır
- bayındırcharacterized by success
Vietnamese phồn vinh
- phồn vinhcharacterized by success
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with prosperous
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