the condition of prospering; success or wealth
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pros•per•i•ty /prɑˈspɛrɪti/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, esp. in financial respects.
pros•per•i•ty
(pro sper′i tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties.
- a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, esp. in financial respects;
good fortune. - prosperities, prosperous circumstances.
- Latin prosperitās. See prosperous, -ity
- Old French
- Middle English prosperite 1175–1225
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'prosperity' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Aurangzeb
- Beulah
- Bonus Eventus
- Frey
- Henry IV
- Henry VII
- Jazz Age
- Njord
- Roaring Twenties
- Salus
- Sesostris I
- adversity
- affluent society
- appearance
- ascendant
- bless
- blight
- boom
- boom town
- boom-and-bust
- comeback
- comedown
- crash
- daruma
- days of wine and roses
- decay
- dexterity
- economy
- equate
- estate
- expectant
- feast-or-famine
- fortune
- futureless
- glory
- go-go
- golden
- mauve decade
- meridian
- messianic
- ordinary shares
- place
- recession
- roller coaster
- seed
- sonsy
- speed
- swastika
- thrift
- tidemark