prosperous
Syllables: pros·per·ousUK/ˈpɹɒs.p(ə.)ɹəs//ˈpɹɑs.pə.ɹəs/
prosperous adjective: characterized by success.
Adjective
prosperous (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.
- 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 428
- Synonyms:
- affluent
- Favorable.
- He chose a prosperous lottery number that evening.
- 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, […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- favorable
prosperous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
prosperous in Hindi
- characterized by success
- संपन्न sampann, समृद्ध samŕddh
- well off; affluent
- संपन्न sampann, समृद्ध samŕddh
prosperous in Tamil
- வளம் மிகுந்த
prosperous in Marathi
- prosperous, affluent, well-off
- समृद्ध samruddha
prosperous in Urdu
- prosperous, successful
- کامیاب kāmyāb
- prosperous
- سپھل saphal
- prosperous, thriving
- خوش حال xuś-hāl
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- prosperous in Bengali
- সমৃদ্ধ śômriddhô, উন্নত unnoto
- prosperous in Telugu
- భవ్యము bhavyamu, సుభగము subhagamu
- prosperous in Malayalam
- സമൃദ്ധമായ, ഐശ്വര്യമുള്ള, സമ്പന്നമായ, അഭിവൃദ്ധമായ
- prosperous in Kannada
- ಏಳಿಗೆ ಹೊಂದುತ್ತಿರುವ, ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಯಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವ, ಊರ್ಜಿತವಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವ, ಪ್ರವರ್ಧಮಾನ
- prosperous in Gujarati
- સમૃદ્ધ samŕddh, લીલું līlũ
- prosperous in Odia
- ସମୃଦ୍ଧ samruddha
- prosperous in Sanskrit
- समृद्ध sámṛddha, युक्त yuktá
- prosperous in Sinhala
- සමෘද්ධ samr̥ddha
- prosperous in Nepali
- समृद्ध samr̥ddha, कुशल kuśal
- prosperous in Pashto
- ودان Wëdān
- prosperous in Indonesian
- makmur, sejahtera
- prosperous in Persian
- برخوردار
- prosperous in Vietnamese
- phồn vinh
Examples of prosperous in a sentence
- Yet it is also among the most prosperous and equal nations on the planet.
- And will it help improve interethnic relations and make Xinjiang more prosperous?
- Nearly every building was draped, no matter whether its occupants were pinched or prosperous.
Synonyms of prosperous
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Antonyms
Forms of prosperous
| comparative | more prosperous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most prosperous |
Origin of prosperous
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”).
Words formed from prosperous
Words that rhyme with prosperous
Questions about prosperous
- What does prosperous mean?
- Prosperous means characterized by success.
- What is prosperous in Hindi?
- Prosperous in Hindi is संपन्न (sampann), समृद्ध (samŕddh). See Prosperous meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is prosperous?
- Prosperous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce prosperous?
- Prosperous is pronounced /ˈpɹɑs.pə.ɹəs/ (US).
Words near prosperous in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: prosperous (page history and authors); prosperous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); समृद्ध (Marathi) (page history and authors); خوش حال (Urdu) (page history and authors); উন্নত (Bengali) (page history and authors); భవ్యము (Telugu) (page history and authors); prosperous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prosperous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); લીલું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ସମୃଦ୍ଧ (Odia) (page history and authors); युक्त (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); සමෘද්ධ (Sinhala) (page history and authors); कुशल (Nepali) (page history and authors); ودان (Pashto) (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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