Synonyms of prosper

prosper

verb

ˈprä-spər 

1

as in to thrive

to grow vigorously

the plants seem to be prospering on the new fertilizers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thrive
• flourish
• bloom
• proliferate
• sprout
• burgeon
• flower
• produce
• propagate
• shoot up
• root
• germinate
• fruit
• overgrow
• luxuriate
• seed
• regenerate

2

as in to flourish

to reach a desired level of accomplishment

began to prosper after years of crushing setbacks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flourish
• thrive
• succeed
• arrive
• make it
• excel
• cut it
• hack it
• get ahead
• get somewhere
• get there
• win
• make good
• make the grade
• prevail
• hit it big
• cut the mustard
• make one's mark
• come into one's own
• triumph

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fail
• struggle
• flounder

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prosper

Tauruses usually follow the rules and do what is suggested to thrive and prosper because appeasing others is easier than arguing. — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026

But Crosby also admitted that bookies continue to prosper in Alabama. — Keith O’Brien, New Yorker, 25 June 2026

One of the lessons of the last decade is that America cannot continue to be a country where a few areas prosper wildly while large parts of the country feel left behind. — Steve Case, Fortune, 24 June 2026

An African nation bounded by the coast of the Mediterranean Sea to its north has prospered a kinship in a town located in a state literally smack-dab in the middle of America — a town whose new college football stadium is accented by light towers made to represent wheat. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026