prosperous

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑː.spɚ.əs/
Audio (US) (file)

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.
favorable
He chose a prosperous lottery number that evening.

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)
Catalan: pròsper (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 繁榮 (zh), 繁荣 (zh) (fánróng), 昌盛 (zh) (chāngshèng)
Dutch: succesvol (nl), geslaagd (nl)
Finnish: menestyvä
French: prospère (fr), florissant (fr), réussissant (fr)
German: blühend (de), florierend (de), erfolgreich (de)
Greek:
Ancient: οὔριος (oúrios)

Hungarian: sikeres (hu)
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
Norman: prospéthe
Portuguese: próspero (pt) m
Romanian: prosper (ro)
Russian: процвета́ющий (ru) (procvetájuščij), преуспева́ющий (ru) (preuspevájuščij), уда́чливый (ru) (udáčlivyj), благополу́чный (ru) (blagopolúčnyj), успе́шный (ru) (uspéšnyj)

well off; affluent

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)
Hungarian: jómódú (hu)
Norman: prospéthe
Portuguese: próspero (pt)
Russian: зажи́точный (ru) (zažítočnyj), состоя́тельный (ru) (sostojátelʹnyj), бога́тый (ru) (bogátyj), обеспе́ченный (ru) (obespéčennyj)
Spanish: rico (es)

favorable

Catalan: pròsper (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 好意 (zh) (hǎoyì), 順利 (zh), 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 (じゅんちょうな, junchō na)
Maori: houkura
Portuguese: próspero (pt)
Russian: благоприя́тный (ru) (blagoprijátnyj)

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Serbo-Croatian: dobrostojan m, dobrostojna f

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