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prosperous
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As an adjective, prosperous means characterized by success.
Meanings of prosperous
7 meaningsadjective
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.”
In fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
“they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards”
“easy living”
“a prosperous family”
Similar: comfortable, easy, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situatedVery lively and profitable
“flourishing businesses”
“a palmy time for stockbrokers”
“a prosperous new business”
Similar: booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, roaring, thrivingPresaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome
“a favorable time to ask for a raise”
“lucky stars”
“a prosperous moment to make a decision”
Similar: golden, favorable, favourable, lucky
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).