prosperous

prosperous
I adjective abounding in riches, affluent, ascendant, blooming, booming, comfortable, established, florens, flourishing, flush, fortunate, happy, in clover, in easy circumstances, lucky, moneyed, palmy, pecunious, profiting, prosperus, providential, rich, rising, secundus, successful, thriving, unbeaten, undefeated, wealthy, well off, well-situated, well to do II index beneficial, opulent, successful

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  • Prosperous — may refer to: *Prosperous, County Kildare, an Irish village **Battle of Prosperous, part of the 1798 Rebellion * Prosperous (album), by Christy Moore * The Prosperous Peasant , a novelPolitical parties*Prosperous Armenia *Prosperous Peace Party… …   Wikipedia

  • prosperous — pros‧per‧ous [ˈprɒsprəs ǁ ˈprɑː ] adjective successful and rich: • a prosperous businessman • a prosperous commercial district • The region is becoming more prosperous. * * * prosperous UK US /ˈprɒspərəs/ adjective ► rich and successful: » …   Financial and business terms

  • Prosperous — Pros per*ous, a. [L. prosperus or prosper, originally, answering to hope; pro according to + the root of sperare to hope. See {Despair}.] 1. Tending to prosperity; favoring; favorable; helpful. [1913 Webster] A happy passage and a prosperous wind …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Prosperous — Administration Nom irlandais An Chorrchoill Pays Irlande Province Leinster Comté Comté de Kildare Démographie …   Wikipédia en Français

  • prosperous — [adj1] successful, thriving affluent, blooming, booming, comfortable, doing well, easy, flourishing, fortunate, halcyon, in clover*, in the money*, lousy rich, lucky, main line*, moneyed, money to burn*, on top of heap*, opulent, palmy,… …   New thesaurus

  • prosperous — mid 15c., tending to bring success, from obsolete Fr. prospereus (15c.), from prosperer (see PROSPER (Cf. prosper)). The sense of flourishing is first recorded late 15c …   Etymology dictionary

  • prosperous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ successful or flourishing, especially financially. DERIVATIVES prosperity noun prosperously adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • prosperous — [präs′pər əs] adj. [ME < MFr prospereus: see PROSPER & OUS] 1. having continued success; prospering; flourishing 2. well to do; well off 3. conducive to success; favorable prosperously adv …   English World dictionary

  • prosperous — /ˈprɒspərəs / (say prospuhruhs), / prəs/ (say pruhs) adjective 1. having or characterised by continued good fortune; flourishing; successful: a prosperous business. 2. well to do or well off: a prosperous family. 3. favourable or propitious:… …  

  • prosperous — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ become, grow ▪ remain ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly …   Collocations dictionary

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