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prosp'rous

prosp'rous is the contraction of prosperous.

Meaning of prosperous

Adjective

prosperous (comparative more prosperous, superlative most prosperous)

  1. Characterized by success.
    • Trading Babe Ruth was far more prosperous for the Yankees than for the Red Sox.
    Synonyms:
    successful
  2. Well off; affluent.
    • He was raised in a very prosperous household.
    Synonyms:
    affluent
  3. Favorable.
    • He chose a prosperous lottery number that evening.
    Synonyms:
    favorable

Forms of prosp'rous

comparativemore prosp'rous
superlativemost prosp'rous

Questions about prosp'rous

What is prosp'rous the contraction of?
Prosp'rous is the contraction of prosperous.

Words near prosp'rous in the dictionary

  1. prosopopœiæ
  2. prosopylar
  3. prosopyle
  4. prosopyles
  5. prosorhochmid
  6. prosp'rous
  7. Prospaltian
  8. prospect
  9. Prospect Vale
  10. prospected
  11. prospectin'

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prosp'rous (page history and authors); prosperous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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