Prosperous Definition

prŏspər-əs
adjective
Having continued success; prospering; flourishing.
Webster's New World
Well-to-do; well-off.
Webster's New World
Conducive to success; favorable.
Webster's New World

Characterized by success.

Trading Babe Ruth was far more prosperous for the Yankees than for the Red Sox.
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Well off; affluent.

He was raised in a very prosperous household.
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Origin of Prosperous

  • Old French prosperer, from Latin prosperare, to cause to succeed, from prosperus, favorable, from Old Latin pro spere, according to expectation, from pro, for, and spes, hope

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Prosperous Sentence Examples

  • The state has good railway communications and a prosperous trade.

  • In the prosperous future, one group of people will rise to this challenge.

  • Finally, after 1900 they again became prosperous producers.

  • Bengal was prosperous, and free from external enemies on every quarter.

  • Live-stock breeding is likewise in a more prosperous condition.

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Words Starting With

PPRPRO

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SUSOUS

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Words Starting With P and Ending With S

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