Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having success; flourishing.
- adjective Well-to-do; well-off.
- adjective Propitious; favorable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Making good progress in the pursuit of anything desirable; having continued good fortune; successful; thriving: as, a prosperous trade; a prosperous voyage; a prosperous citizen.
- Favorable; benignant; propitious: as, a prosperous wind.
- Synonyms Successful, etc. (see
fortunate ), flourishing, well-off, well-to-do. - Propitious, auspicious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Tending to prosperity; favoring; favorable; helpful.
- adjective Being prospered; advancing in the pursuit of anything desirable; making gain, or increase; thriving; successful
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
characterized bysuccess - adjective well off;
affluent - adjective
favorable
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective very lively and profitable
- adjective marked by peace and prosperity
- adjective in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
- adjective presaging or likely to bring good luck
Etymologies
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Examples
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 Springfield grew up in prosperous Hampstead in North London.
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As far as I can tell, the most likely consequence of the incessant droning that taxes are bad, now that the primary goal of destroying public services while reducing the tax burden on the already prosperous is close to attainment, is that all Americans will adopt the Greek attitude towards taxes.
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"I've never seen so much hurt on the street in prosperous Maryland," Ehrlich said.
Marvin Mandel, other Dems urge turnout for Republican Ehrlich John Wagner 2010
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Though he does not say so, a haunted country grown prosperous from the export of precision machine tools may have a brighter future than Britain, for all its clear conscience and financial wizardry.
The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution and the Twentieth Century by Peter Watson – review James Buchan 2010
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Even in prosperous times (e.g., the 90s, which were very good to Michigan as a whole) Detroit continued to collape.
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The Privy Council wrote to Henry that they had visited Mary often recently "whoe god be thanked is in prosperous health and convalescence."
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Housewives in prosperous areas can select from blushing Georgia peaches, fresh broccoli and plump kiwi, while señoras in less prosperous areas are limited to seasonal domestic fruit, tangerines and melons, and traditional produce like nopales (cactus), green tomatillos and chili peppers.
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Housewives in prosperous areas can select from blushing Georgia peaches, fresh broccoli and plump kiwi, while señoras in less prosperous areas are limited to seasonal domestic fruit, tangerines and melons, and traditional produce like nopales (cactus), green tomatillos and chili peppers.
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Even the smaller estimate is sufficiently impressive, but probably, in prosperous times at least, the higher is more nearly correct.
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Since a single dentist, however, cannot render adequate service to more than 30 per cent of this number, about 70 per cent of the needed dental services, even in prosperous times, are not rendered at all.
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