prosperous

1 marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically a prosperous business that will soon be expanding Synonyms booming, boomy, flourishing, golden, halcyon, healthy, lush, palmy, prospering, roaring, successful, thriving Related Words affluent, moneyed (also 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 depressed, unprosperous, unsuccessful

2 having attained a desired end or state of good fortune one of the most prosperous families in the community Synonyms flourishing, going, palmy, successful, thriving, triumphantRelated Words coming, promising; booming, growing, roaring, robust; boffo, gangbusters (also gangbuster), runaway, sockoNear Antonyms futureless, hopeless, inauspicious, no-good, unpromising; collapsing, failing, flopping, flunking, folding, washing-out; declining, slipping, slumping, waning; bankrupt, kaput (also kaputt), kerflooey; destroyed, ruined, wreckedAntonyms failed, unsuccessful

3 growing thickly and vigorously our neighbor has a real green thumb and a yard full of healthy, prosperous plants Synonyms lush, luxuriant, rank, rampant, weedyRelated Words lavish, profuse; overgrown, overrun, verdant; close, dense, tangled, thickNear Antonyms dormant; blighted, stuntedAntonyms sparse