Word Meanings - PROSPERITY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The state of being prosperous; advance or gain in anything good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; attainment of the object desired; good fortune; success; as, commercial prosperity; national prosperity. Now prosperity

Additional info about word: PROSPERITY

The state of being prosperous; advance or gain in anything good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; attainment of the object desired; good fortune; success; as, commercial prosperity; national prosperity. Now prosperity begins to mellow. Shak. Prosperities can only be enjoyed by them who fear not at all to lose the Jer. Taylor. Syn. -- Fortunate; successful; flourishing; thriving; favorable; auspicious; lucky. See Fortunate. -- Pros"per*ous*ly, adv. -- Pros"per*ous*ness, n.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PROSPERITY)

• Good
• Boon
• benefit
• advantage
• gain
• blessing
• mercy
• virtue
• prosperity
• weal
• profit
• interest
• welfare
• Success
• Achievement
• luck
• consummation
• victory
• good-fortune
• Welfare
• Well-being
• success
• good fortune
• happiness
• thrift

Related words: (words related to PROSPERITY)

• MERCY
  mercedis, hire, pay, reward, LL., equiv. to misericordia pity, mercy. L. merces is probmerere to deserve, acquire. See Merit, and cf. 1. Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict
• THRIFTINESS
  The quality or state of being thrifty; thrift.
• VICTORY
  The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of Ant: defeat. Death is swallowed up in victory. 1 Cor. xv. 54. God on our side,
• SUCCESS
  1. Act of succeeding; succession. Then all the sons of these five brethren reigned By due success. Spenser. 2. That which comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or result, of an endeavor or undertaking, whether good or bad; the outcome of effort.
• BLESSING
  A gift. Gen. xxxiii. 11. 5. Grateful praise or worship. (more info) 1. The act of one who blesses. 2. A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring divine favor on some or something; a benediction; a wish of happiness pronounces.
• PROFIT
  1. Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods. Let no man anticipate uncertain
• PROSPERITY
  The state of being prosperous; advance or gain in anything good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; attainment of the object desired; good fortune; success; as, commercial prosperity; national prosperity. Now prosperity
• SUCCESSLESS
  Having no success. Successless all her soft caresses prove. Pope. -- Suc*cess"less*ly, adv. -- Suc*cess"less*ness, n.
• BENEFIT SOCIETY
  A society or association formed for mutual insurance, as among tradesmen or in labor unions, to provide for relief in sickness, old age, and for the expenses of burial. Usually called friendly society in Great Britain.
• PROFITABLE
  Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative; useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession. What was so profitable to the empire became fatal to the emperor.
• THRIFTILY
  1. In a thrifty manner. 2. Carefully; properly; becomingly. A young clerk . . . in Latin thriftily them gret . Chaucer.
• ADVANTAGE
  1. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position. Give me advantage of some brief discourse. Shak. The advantages
• INTERESTED
  1. Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener. 2. Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness.
• FORTUNELESS
  Luckless; also, destitute of a fortune or portion. Spenser.
• SUCCESSION
  1. The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters. 2. A series of persons or things according to
• SUCCESSIVELY
  In a successive manner. The whiteness, at length, changed successively into blue, indigo, and violet. Sir I. Newton.
• ACHIEVEMENT
  An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment. Cussans. (more info) 1. The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as,
• THRIFTLESS
  Without thrift; not prudent or prosperous in money affairs. -- Thrift"less*ly, adv. -- Thrift"less*ness, n.
• INTERESTINGNESS
  The condition or quality of being interesting. A. Smith.
• PROFITING
  Gain; advantage; profit. That thy profiting may appear to all. 1 Tim. iv. 15.
• CURBLESS
  Having no curb or restraint.
• GRAMERCY
  A word formerly used to express thankfulness, with surprise; many thanks. Gramercy, Mammon, said the gentle knight. Spenser.
• DISINTERESTING
  Uninteresting. "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton.
• UNTHRIFTY
  Not thrifty; profuse. Spenser.
• CONSTABLESS
  The wife of a constable.
• UNINTERESTED
  1. Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business. 2. Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, uninterested in a discourse or narration.
• MISFORTUNED
  Unfortunate.
• WASTETHRIFT
  A spendthrift.
• SPENDTHRIFT
  One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively. A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life. Mrs. R. H. Davis.
• RIBLESS
  Having no ribs.
• LIMBLESS
  Destitute of limbs.
• THUMBLESS
  Without a thumb. Darwin.
• UNPROFIT
  Want of profit; unprofitableness. Wyclif.