Entry Word: prosperous

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically <a prosperous business that will soon be expanding>

Synonyms booming, flourishing, golden, palmy, prospering, roaring, successful, thriving

Related Words affluent, moneyed (or monied), opulent, rich, substantial, wealthy, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do; comfortable

Near Antonyms declining, dying, failing, floundering, languishing, struggling; bankrupt, bankrupted, insolvent

Antonyms unsuccessful

2 having attained a desired end or state of good fortune <one of the most prosperous families in the community> — see successful 1
3 growing thickly and vigorously <at the nursery look for plants with green and prosperous leaves> — see rank 1