prosperous

English

Etymology

From Middle French prospereus, from Old French prosperer, from Latin prosperō (“I cause to succeed”), from Old Latin pro spere (“according to expectation”), from pro (“for”) + spes (“hope”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑs.pə.ɹəs/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒs.p(ə.)ɹəs/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɒspəɹəs, -ɒspɹəs
Hyphenation: pros‧per‧ous, pros‧perous

Adjective

prosperous (comparative more prosperous, superlative most prosperous)

Characterized by success.
Trading Babe Ruth was far more prosperous for the Yankees than for the Red Sox.
Well off; affluent.
He was raised in a very prosperous household.
- 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Eternal City”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 428:
  He wondered how many people were destitute that same night even in his own prosperous country, how many homes were shanties, how many husbands were drunk and wives socked, and how many children were bullied, abused or abandoned.
Favorable.
He chose a prosperous lottery number that evening.
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto IX:
  So draw him home to those that mourn
  ⁠In vain; a favourable speed
  ⁠Ruffle thy mirror’d mast, and lead
  Thro’ prosperous floods his holy urn.

Synonyms

(characterized by success): successful; see also Thesaurus:prosperous
(well off): affluent, rich, well off, well-to-do, wealthy; see also Thesaurus:wealthy
(favorable): favorable, lucky; see also Thesaurus:auspicious

Derived terms

Related terms

prosper

Translations

characterized by success

Armenian: բարգավաճ (hy) (bargavač)
Bulgarian: успешен (bg) (uspešen)
Catalan: pròsper (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 繁榮／繁荣 (zh) (fánróng), 昌盛 (zh) (chāngshèng)
Dutch: succesvol (nl), geslaagd (nl)
Finnish: menestyvä
French: prospère (fr), florissant (fr), réussissant (fr)
Galician: próspero (gl)
German: blühend (de), florierend (de), erfolgreich (de)
Greek:
Ancient: οὔριος (oúrios), ὄλβιος (ólbios)
Hungarian: sikeres (hu)
Indonesian: makmur (id), sejahtera (id)
Irish: rafar
Japanese: 繁栄している (ja) (はんえいしている, han'ei shite iru)
Latin: prosper, prosperus
Macedonian: у́спешен (úspešen)
Maori: taurikura
Norman: prospéthe
Occitan: prospèr (oc)
Ottoman Turkish: عمران (ʼümran)
Persian: برخوردار (fa)
Plautdietsch: noppjebuat
Portuguese: próspero (pt)
Romanian: prosper (ro)
Russian: процвета́ющий (ru) (procvetájuščij), преуспева́ющий (ru) (preuspevájuščij), уда́чливый (ru) (udáčlivyj), благополу́чный (ru) (blagopolúčnyj), успе́шный (ru) (uspéšnyj)
Turkish: bayındır (tr)
Vietnamese: phồn vinh (vi)

well off; affluent

Azerbaijani: firavan (az)
Bulgarian: богат (bg) (bogat), заможен (bg) (zamožen)
Catalan: pròsper (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 富裕 (zh) (fùyù)
Dutch: welvarend (nl), welgesteld (nl), succesvol (nl)
Finnish: vauras (fi)
French: prospère (fr), riche (fr)
German: wohlhabend (de), reich (de)
Greek: πλούσιος (el) (ploúsios), επιτυχής (el) (epitychís), ευνοϊκός (el) (evnoïkós)
Ancient Greek: πλούσιος (ploúsios), ἐπιτυχής (epitukhḗs), εὐνοϊκός (eunoïkós)
Hungarian: jómódú (hu)
Latin: prosper, prosperus
Macedonian: бо́гат (bógat)
Maori: houkura, tōnui, taurikura
Norman: prospéthe
Portuguese: próspero (pt)
Russian: зажи́точный (ru) (zažítočnyj), состоя́тельный (ru) (sostojátelʹnyj), бога́тый (ru) (bogátyj), обеспе́ченный (ru) (obespéčennyj)
Spanish: rico (es)
Swedish: välbärgad (sv)

favorable

Bulgarian: благоприятен (bg) (blagoprijaten)
Catalan: pròsper (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 好意 (zh) (hǎoyì), 順利／顺利 (zh) (shùnlì), 有利 (zh) (yǒulì)
Dutch: voorspoedig (nl), geslaagd (nl), gelukkig (nl)
Finnish: onnekas (fi)
French: favorable (fr)
German: günstig (de)
Japanese: 順調な (ja) (じゅんちょうな, junchō na)
Macedonian: по́волен (póvolen), благопри́јатен (blagopríjaten)
Maori: houkura
Portuguese: próspero (pt)
Russian: благоприя́тный (ru) (blagoprijátnyj)

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Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} dobrostojan

Anagrams

oppressour