Definitions

prosperous

[pros-per-uhs] / ˈprɒs pər əs /

ADJECTIVE

successful, thriving

Synonyms

STRONGEST

affluent booming comfortable flourishing fortunate rich robust wealthy well-heeled well-off well-to-do

WEAK

blooming doing well easy halcyon in clover in the money lousy rich lucky main-line money to burn moneyed on top of heap opulent palmy prospering roaring sitting pretty snug substantial upper-class uptown well

Antonyms

STRONGEST

destitute failing impoverished lacking needy poor unhappy upset wanting weak

WEAK

disadvantageous hopeless losing unpromising unprosperous unsuccessful

ADJECTIVE

promising, advantageous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bright fortunate happy profitable

WEAK

appropriate auspicious convenient desirable favorable felicitous good lucky opportune propitious seasonable timely well-timed

Antonyms

STRONGEST

depressed sad unfortunate unhappy unlucky

WEAK

disadvantageous failing hopeless losing poor unpromising unprosperous unsuccessful

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Culiacán is a prosperous city, full of shopping malls, neat parks and fancy car dealerships.

From BBC

Indoctrinating the population, especially younger North Koreans, is a bigger challenge due to an influx of illicit foreign media showing a prosperous outside world.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We want a strong, powerful, industrial, wealthy, prosperous Europe."

From Barron's

A gifted orator, Jackson articulated the frustrations of those who felt like second-class citizens in the world's most prosperous democracy.

From BBC

The inventors and entrepreneurs Mr. Kimmel profiles weren’t descended from the prosperous German Jews who settled in America beginning in the early 19th century.

From The Wall Street Journal

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