Synonyms of prospering

prospering 1 of 2

adjective

as in thriving

marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically

selling a whole range of luxury products to the prospering middle class

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thriving
• prosperous
• booming
• successful
• flourishing
• golden
• wealthy
• healthy
• roaring
• palmy
• affluent
• rich
• halcyon
• lush
• moneyed
• well-to-do
• boomy
• substantial
• opulent
• well-off
• comfortable
• well-heeled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unsuccessful
• depressed
• failing
• dying
• struggling
• declining
• unprosperous
• bankrupt
• languishing
• insolvent
• floundering
• bankrupted

prospering

2 of 2

verb

present participle of prosper

1

as in flourishing

to grow vigorously

the plants seem to be prospering on the new fertilizers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thriving
• flourishing
• blooming
• burgeoning
• proliferating
• flowering
• sprouting
• producing
• shooting up
• rooting
• propagating
• luxuriating
• germinating
• overgrowing
• seeding
• regenerating
• fruiting

2

as in succeeding

to reach a desired level of accomplishment

began to prosper after years of crushing setbacks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flourishing
• thriving
• succeeding
• arriving
• excelling
• making it
• winning
• getting ahead
• cutting it
• getting there
• getting somewhere
• hacking it
• making the grade
• making good
• prevailing
• hitting it big
• cutting the mustard
• triumphing
• coming into one's own
• making one's mark

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failing
• struggling
• floundering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prospering

Adjective

Wall Street has been treating the two companies very differently over the past year, largely because Alphabet has a prospering cloud business that helps justify its hefty spending. — Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 5 June 2026

Verb

These drought-tolerant plants can keep every outdoor container garden and flower bed prospering even when rainfall is scarce and the heat is relentless. — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 19 May 2026

The agreement also established four goals for the year 2050, addressing protection and restoration, prospering with nature, sharing benefits fairly, and investment and collaboration. — Mark Vanderschaaf, Twin Cities, 18 May 2026

As travel to Europe increased by the turn of the century, arts journalists from Europe found audiences in the United States, and American journalists stationed overseas began writing about the prospering art scene across the Atlantic. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026

Know More Carlyle itself has been prospering lately. — Miles Weiss, semafor.com, 14 Apr. 2026

Surviving automation and prospering from economic growth are two very different things. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026

Inside San Quentin, Evans was prospering, according to others who knew him at the prison. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026

But the company made a remarkable subsequent turnaround under Derrer’s direction, prospering artistically and drawing new audiences. — Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026

Even the lawn weeds are not prospering on most sites. — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Jan. 2026