Antonyms for prosperous
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : pros-per-uhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɒs pər əs |
Definition of prosperous
Origin :- early 15c., "tending to bring success," from prosper + -ous, or else from obsolete Middle French prospereus (15c.), from prosperer. The sense of "flourishing" is first recorded late 15c.
- adj successful, thriving
- adj promising, advantageous
- At Prosperous the barracks were burnt, and nearly all the soldiers killed.
- Extract from : « A History of England, Period III. » by Rev. J. Franck Bright
- Prosperous or wretched, her destiny henceforth was linked with another.
- Extract from : « Other People's Money » by Emile Gaboriau
- Protestants remembered the foul play at Prosperous; the rebels swore to avenge the treachery at the Curragh.
- Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose
- Prosperous communities sprang up in eastern Oregon and Washington.
- Extract from : « The Washington Historical Quarterly, Volume V, 1914 » by Various
- Now concerning the city toronto this city is Beautiful and Prosperous Levele city.
- Extract from : « The Underground Railroad » by William Still
- "Prosperous voyage," said the third officer wheezily, and I murmured something to the same effect.
- Extract from : « Hurricane Island » by H. B. Marriott Watson
- Prosperous and sheltered as her youth had been, she had, up to this time, apprehended scarcely anything of the real drama of life.
- Extract from : « A Venetian June » by Anna Fuller
- Prosperous Barcelona swarms with mechanics and artisans, and that is one reason why Barcelona is disorderly.
- Extract from : « Romantic Spain » by John Augustus O'Shea
- Prosperous old gentlemen pacing home, rotund in their buttoned-up coats, had clear drops at the end of their noses.
- Extract from : « The House with the Green Shutters » by George Douglas Brown
- Prosperous districts with a teeming population have been reduced to desert wastes.
- Extract from : « Fire and Sword in the Sudan » by Rudolf C. Slatin
Synonyms for prosperous
- affluent
- appropriate
- auspicious
- blooming
- booming
- bright
- comfortable
- convenient
- desirable
- doing well
- easy
- favorable
- felicitous
- flourishing
- fortunate
- good
- halcyon
- happy
- in clover
- in the money
- lousy rich
- lucky
- main-line
- money to burn
- moneyed
- on top of heap
- opportune
- opulent
- palmy
- profitable
- propitious
- prospering
- rich
- roaring
- robust
- seasonable
- sitting pretty
- snug
- substantial
- timely
- upper-class
- uptown
- wealthy
- well
- well-heeled
- well-off
- well-timed
- well-to-do
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