Meaning of PROSPEROUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'prâspurus
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- [adj] tending to favor or bring good luck; "miracles are auspicious accidents"; "encouraging omens"; "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision"
- [adj] marked by peace and prosperity; "a golden era"; "the halcyon days of the clipper trade"
- [adj] in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich; "they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards"; "easy living"; "a prosperous family"; "his family is well-situated financially"; "well-to-do members of the community"
- [adj] very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"
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| | Synonyms: | | auspicious, booming, comfortable, easy, encouraging, favorable, favourable, flourishing, golden, halcyon, happy, lucky, palmy, propitious, prospering, rich, roaring, successful, thriving, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
A happy passage and a prosperous wind. --Denham.
2. 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.
By moderation either state to bear Prosperous or
adverse. --Milton.
Syn: Fortunate; successful; flourishing; thriving; favorable;
auspicious; lucky. See {Fortunate}. --
{Pros"per*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Pros"per*ous*ness}, n.
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