prosperous

adjective

ˈprä-sp(ə-)rəs How to pronounce prosperous (audio)
Definition of prosperousnext
1
as in thriving
marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically a prosperous business that will soon be expanding

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2
as in successful
having attained a desired end or state of good fortune one of the most prosperous families in the community

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3
as in lush
growing thickly and vigorously our neighbor has a real green thumb and a yard full of healthy, prosperous plants

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Recent Examples of prosperous Hamilton championed the bank as a necessary component for building a prosperous America with a stable financial system. — Owen Lamont, Fortune, 2 July 2026 Yet as the populations there shrink, populations are booming in less prosperous and less secular regions, including Africa and the Middle East. — Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026 These principles helped build the most prosperous and influential nation in human history. — Ben Carson, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2026 Not everyone knew, however, that this person so famous for turning against a nascent America was in fact a Connecticut resident born in Norwich, and a very prosperous and an initially very patriotic one at that. — Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for prosperous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosperous
  1. thriving
  2. successful
  3. lush
  4. prospering
  5. weedy
  6. wealthy
  7. rampant
  8. golden
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  • The tour started Tuesday in the western Pennsylvania town of Greensburg — once the hub of a thriving coal industry that now lures visitors from nearby Pittsburgh for highland recreation and a historic downtown.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
  • My Vision for a thriving Orange County is based around leveraging our area’s natural advantages, particularly in SpaceTech.
    — Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026
Definition of thriving
Adjective
  • The system’s successful tests advance it toward operational capability.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026
  • Having someone who’s come from the curatorial world was really meaningful and has proven to be incredibly successful.
    — Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of successful
Adjective
  • Those included a charmingly cluttered Bucket family home, a lush candyland with the smell of chocolate piped through the Royal Theater to complement the full-size mock chocolate river, and a glass elevator that flew above the audience.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • If your lawn is struggling from summer heat, weeds, or drought, reseeding can revitalize it and help make your lawn look thick and lush.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
Definition of lush
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
Definition of prospering
Adjective
  • Jeon-Gi lives with his Korean family in Building A, scrapping with kids from other immigrant families in a weedy playground.
    — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
  • Your neighbors probably won't be bothered by your weedy flower beds or rusty lawn furniture.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 June 2026
Definition of weedy
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  • Swift’s name came up as a possible wealthy benefactor to pay for a new football stadium in Kansas City.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
  • Some wealthy suburbs were too small for the MoneyLion ranking.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Definition of wealthy
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  • Not the layoffs, the mergers, the rampant unemployment, and the fear that comes with it — all of that and more unreservedly sucks.
    — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 9 July 2026
  • Yellow fever was rampant along the Gulf Coast, with Florida suffering a severe outbreak in 1841.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026
Definition of rampant
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  • Haaland has been the World Cup’s biggest personality; a self-deprecating, smiling figurehead that has seldom looked happier than in a golden month with Norway.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 10 July 2026
  • In celebration of the 2026 Forbes World’s Most Influential CMOs List, global marketing leaders gathered in Cannes to honor this year’s honorees and discuss why this period represents a golden era for the discipline.
    — ForbesLive, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of golden

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