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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | affluence, good fortune |
| Synonyms: | abundance, accomplishment, advantage, arrival, bed of roses, benefit, boom, clover, do, ease*, easy street, exorbitance, expansion, flying colors, fortune, good, good times, gravy train, growth, high on the hog, increase, inflation, interest, life of luxury, luxury, opulence, plenteousness, plenty, prosperousness, riches, success, successfulness, the good life, thriving, velvet, victory, wealth, welfare, well-being |
| Antonyms: | failure, loss, poorness, poverty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prosperousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prosperity |
| Synonyms: | abundance, accomplishment, advantage, arrival, bed of roses, benefit, boom, clover, comfort, comfortable, do, ease*, easy street, exorbitance, expansion, flying colors, fortune, good, good times, gravy train, growth, high on the hog, increase, inflation, interest, life of luxury, luxury, opulence, plenteousness, plenty, riches, success, successfulness, the good life, thriving, velvet, victory, wealth, welfare, well-being |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Concept: | Prosperity. |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
prosperity, welfare, well-being; affluence (wealth); success; thrift, roaring trade; good fortune, smiles of fortune; blessings, godsend., luck; good luck, run of luck; sunshine; fair weather, fair wind; palmy days, bright days, halcyon days; piping times, tide, flood, high tide., Saturnia regna, Saturnian age; golden time, golden age; bed of roses; fat of the land, milk and honey, loaves and fishes., made man, lucky dog, enfant gate, spoiled child of fortune., upstart, parvenu, skipjack, mushroom.
-verbs
prosper, thrive, flourish; be prosperous; drive a roaring trade; go on well, go on smoothly, go on swimmingly; sail before the wind, swim with the tide; run smooth, run smoothly, run on all fours., rise in the world, get on in the world; work one's way, make one's way; look up; lift one's head, raise one's head, make one's forune, feather one's nest, make one's pile., flower, blow, blossom, bloom, fructify, bear fruit, fatten., keep oneself afloat; keep one's head above water, hold one's head above water; light on one's feet, light on one's legs, fall on one's legs, fall on one's feet; drop into a good thing; bear a charmed life; bask in the sunshine; have a good time of it, have a fine time of it; have a run of luck; have the good fortune to; take a favorable turn; live on the fat of the land, live in clover.
-adjectives
prosperous; thriving; in a fair way, buoyant; well off, well to do, well to do in the world; set up, at one's ease; rich; in good case; in full, in high feather; fortunate, lucky, in luck; born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, born under a lucky star; on the sunny side of the hedge., auspicious, propitious, providential., palmy, halcyon; agreeable; couleur de rose.
-adverbs
prosperously; swimmingly; as good luck would have it; beyond all hope.
-phrases
one's star in the ascendant, all for the best, one's course runs smooth.
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