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prosperous
Meaning: financially successful and thriving
prosperous in a sentence
How prosperous is used in real sentences:
The once-small fishing village grew into a prosperous port town.
Under the new trade agreement, the region became far more prosperous than its neighbors within a decade.
“The prosperous ranching community below had built new barns after years of strong cattle sales, and its leaders hoped to extend summer grazing onto public slopes.”
— from the passage The Meadow Notebook
Synonyms for prosperous
Other words for prosperous — thriving, flourishing and affluent — carry the same meaning.
- thriving
- flourishing
- affluent
Antonyms of prosperous
Words that mean the opposite of prosperous:
- poor
- struggling
- impoverished
Where it comes from
From Latin prosperus 'favorable, fortunate'
Memory hook
PROSPEROUS — like striking gold and becoming rich.
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