Prosperous
['prɒsp(ə)rəs] or ['prɑspərəs]
Definition
(a.) Tending to prosperity; favoring; favorable; helpful.
(a.) Being prospered; advancing in the pursuit of anything desirable; making gain, or increase; thriving; successful; as, a prosperous voyage; a prosperous undertaking; a prosperous man or nation.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Successful, thriving, flourishing, fortunate, lucky, happy, well off, well to do.[2]. Favorable, propitious, auspicious, good, golden, bright.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Successful, fortunate, thriving, well_off, well_to_do, happy, lucky,[SeeFORTUNATE]
Typist: Pearl
Examples
- He was undeniably a prosperous man, bore his drinking better than others bore their moderation, and, on the whole, flourished like the green bay-tree. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The more prosperous landlords went to England to live, and had their children educated there. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It may be of some use to the public, by affording an easy proof of the prosperous condition of the country. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- We set sail from Bristol, May 4, 1699, and our voyage was at first very prosperous. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful, prosperous and happy, in that England which I shall see no more. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Changed into a man of this sort, Dobbin found the once florid, jovial, and prosperous John Sedley. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Which, I wonder, brother reader, is the better lot, to die prosperous and famous, or poor and disappointed? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Hope you have made a prosperous voyage home, gentlemen both. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I do not look upon myself as either prosperous or indulged. Jane Austen. Emma.
- His name was Evans, but he afterwards changed it, like myself, and he is now a rich and prosperous man in the south of England. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Only two days ago I was a happy and prosperous man, without a care in the world. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble. Jane Austen. Emma.
- She would soon be well, and happy, and prosperous. Jane Austen. Emma.
- If you hear of Lady Dedlock, brilliant, prosperous, and flattered, think of your wretched mother, conscience-stricken, underneath that mask! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Until he was forty he did indeed live a particularly undistinguished life in Mecca, as the husband of a prosperous wife. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I mean an interest in her doing well,' resumed Mr. Pickwick; 'a desire that she may be comfortable and prosperous. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Her husband's step was strong and prosperous among them; her father's firm and equal. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- But first France must be prosperous. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Our business might have become prosperous if I had been able to wait for it to grow. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If I had been a happy man, if I had led a prosperous life, I believe I should have sunk under the task I had imposed on myself. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I hope you have been this day preserved for a prosperous and happy life. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Basque newspapers have been published in the Argentine and in the United States to supply groups of prosperous emigrants. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There is no difference between the growth of a plant and the prosperous development of an experience. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The marriage at first was a happy and prosperous one. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She could not consider her partiality for Edward in so prosperous a state as Marianne had believed it. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Even if this country were comfortably well-off, healthy, prosperous, and educated, men would go on inventing and creating opportunities to amplify the possibilities of life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Isn't this a prosperous nation? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Am I not prosperous? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- For a little while in Athens, for a section of the prosperous, there was leisure and opportunity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And, with a fair wind, you may now hope to make a prosperous voyage? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typist: Pearl