prosperous

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈpɹɑs.pə.ɹəs/ UK /ˈpɹɒs.p(ə.)ɹəs/ See IPA manual

Freq #14605

Meanings

1

adj
Wealthy and successful.

He was raised in a very prosperous household.
2

adj
Marked by success and good fortune.

The company had a prosperous year.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · wealthy and successful. affluentwell-offwell-to-do comfortable

2 adj · marked by success and good... successful

More auspicious bustling flourishing fortunate lucky privileged rich roaring thrivingwealfulwealthy

Opposites

failedimprosperousspeedlessunfortunate unsuccessfulunthriving

Word family

Forms Prosperouslyunprosperous

Derived forms improsperousoverprosperousprosperityprosperouslyprosperousnesssemiprosperoussuperprosperousunprosperous

Related forms auspicious prosper

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Phrases (1)

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prosperous family
a family with substantial wealth and financial success

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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

prospereus Middle French prosperer Old French prosperō Latin pro spere itc-ola

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# prosperous

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈpɹɑs.pə.ɹəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpɹɒs.p(ə.)ɹəs/
**Frequency rank:** 14605

## Meanings
1. Wealthy and successful.
2. Marked by success and good fortune.

## Examples
- He was raised in a very prosperous household.
- The company had a prosperous year.

## Synonyms
- auspicious
- bustling
- flourishing
- fortunate
- lucky
- privileged
- rich
- roaring
- thriving
- wealful
- wealthy
- well-to-do

## Antonyms
- failed
- improsperous
- speedless
- unfortunate
- unsuccessful
- unthriving

## Derived Forms
- improsperous
- overprosperous
- prosperity
- prosperously
- prosperousness
- semiprosperous
- superprosperous
- unprosperous

## Related Forms
- auspicious
- prosper

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: prospereus
- Root: prosperer
- Root: prosperō
- Root: pro spere

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

## AI Etymology
Prosperous comes from Middle French prospereus, from Old French prosperer, from Latin prosperō (“to cause to succeed”), from Old Latin pro spere (“according to expectation”), from pro (“for”) + spes (“hope”). The historical chain includes prospereus (Middle French), prosperer (Old French), prosperō (Latin), pro spere (itc-ola). In present-day English it covers wealthy and successful and marked by success and good fortune. The wider family includes derived forms such as improsperous, overprosperous, prosperity, prosperously, prosperousness and related forms such as auspicious, prosper.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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