prosperous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: pros=per=ous
• COUNT in NET: 5 in 5 verses (in OT : 5 in 5 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

prosperous, a. [L. prosperus or prosper, originally, answering to hope; pro according to + the root of sperare to hope. See Despair.].

•  Tending to prosperity; favoring; favorable; helpful.  [1913 Webster]

  "A happy passage and a prosperous wind."  [1913 Webster]
•  Being prospered; advancing in the pursuit of anything desirable; making gain, or increase; thriving; successful; as, a prosperous voyage; a prosperous undertaking; a prosperous man or nation.  [1913 Webster]

  "By moderation either state to bear
  Prosperous or adverse."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Fortunate; successful; flourishing; thriving; favorable; auspicious; lucky. See Fortunate.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

prosperous, adj.
1 successful; rich (a prosperous merchant).
2 flourishing; thriving (a prosperous enterprise).
3 auspicious (a prosperous wind).

Derivative

prosperously adv. prosperousness n.

Etymology

ME f. obs. F prospereus f. L prosper(us)

THESAURUS

prosperous

abounding in riches, affluent, appropriate, assured of success, auspicious, benign, benignant, booming, comfortable, comfortably situated, coming, convenient, crowned with success, desirable, disgustingly rich, easy, fair, fat, favorable, favoring, felicitous, flourishing, flush, fortunate, frightfully rich, full of promise, golden, good, halcyon, happy, in clover, in funds, in good case, in luxury, in the money, independent, independently rich, independently wealthy, loaded, lucky, luxurious, made, made of money, moneyed, monied, of good omen, of happy portent, of promise, on Easy Street, on the up-and-up, on top, on velvet, oofy, opportune, opulent, out in front, promising, propitious, prospering, provided for, rich, rich as Croesus, rolling in money, seasonable, snug, strong, substantial, succeeding, successful, surefire, thriving, triumphant, wallowing in wealth, warm, wealthy, well, well provided for, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-timed, well-to-do

ROGET THESAURUS

prosperous

Success

N success, successfulness, speed, advance, trump card, hit, stroke, score, lucky hit, fortunate hit, good hit, good stroke, direct hit, bull's eye, goal, point, touchdown, home run, homer, hole-in-one, grand slam, killing, windfall bold stroke, master stroke, ten strike, coup de maitre, checkmate, half the battle, prize, profit, continued success, good fortune, time well spent, advantage over, upper hand, whip hand, ascendancy, mastery, expugnation, conquest, victory, subdual, subjugation, triumph, proficiency, conqueror, victor, winner, master of the situation, master of the position, top of the heap, king of the hill, achiever, success, success story, succeeding, successful, prosperous, triumphant, flushed with success, crowned with success, victorious, on top, set up, in the ascendant, unbeaten (beat), well-spent, felicitous, effective, in full swing, successfully, well flying colors, in triumph, swimmingly, a merveille, beyond all hope, to some purpose, to good purpose, to one's heart's content, veni vidi vici, the day being one's own, one's star in the ascendant, omne tulit punctum, bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria, cede repugnanti cedendo victor abibis, chacun est l'artisan de sa fortune, dies faustus, l'art de vaincre est celui de mepriser la mort, omnia vincit amor, love conquers all, peace hath her victories no less renowned than war, the race by vigor not by vaunts is won, vincit qui patitur, vincit qui se vincit, The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.

Prosperity

N prosperity, welfare, well-being, affluence, success, thrift, roaring trade, good fortune, smiles of fortune, blessings, godsend, luck, good luck, run of luck, sunshine, fair weather, fair wind, palmy days, bright days, halcyon days, piping times, tide, flood, high tide, Saturnia regna, Saturnian age, golden time, golden age, bed of roses, fat city, fat of the land, milk and honey, loaves and fishes, made man, lucky dog, enfant gate, spoiled child of fortune, upstart, parvenu, skipjack, mushroom, prosperous, thriving, in a fair way, buoyant, well off, well to do, well to do in the world, set up, at one's ease, rich, in good case, in full, in high feather, fortunate, lucky, in luck, born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, born under a lucky star, on the sunny side of the hedge, auspicious, propitious, providential, palmy, halcyon, agreeable, couleur de rose, prosperously, swimmingly, as good luck would have it, beyond all hope, one's star in the ascendant, all for the best, one's course runs smooth, chacun est l'artisan de sa fortune, donec eris felix multos numerabis amicos, felicitas multos habet amicos, felix se nescit amari, good luck go with thee, nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.