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| Main Entry: | prosperous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | successful, thriving |
| Synonyms: | affluent, blooming, comfortable, easy, flourishing, fortunate, halcyon, lucky, moneyed, opulent, rich, robust, sitting pretty*, snug, substantial, wealthy, well, well-heeled*, well-off, well-to-do, booming, doing well, in clover, in the money, lousy rich, main-line, money to burn, on top of heap, palmy, prospering, roaring, upper-class, uptown |
| Antonyms: | failing, losing, poor, unsuccessful, unprosperous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prosperous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | promising, advantageous |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, auspicious, bright, convenient, desirable, favorable, felicitous, fortunate, good, happy, lucky, opportune, profitable, propitious, seasonable, timely, well-timed |
| Antonyms: | disadvantageous, hopeless, unpromising, unprosperous |
| Main Entry: | auspicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | encouraging; favorable |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, bright, favorable, felicitous, fortunate, golden, halcyon, happy, hopeful, lucky, opportune, promising, propitious, prosperous, rosy, timely, well-timed |
| Notes: | auspicious implies success in the future while propitious means favorable conditions are present; auspicious means promising or of good omen - not just special or memorable |
| Antonyms: | inauspicious, inopportune, ominous, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky |
| Main Entry: | flourishing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | prospering, going well |
| Synonyms: | blooming, exuberant, growing, lush, luxuriant, profuse, prosperous, rampant, rank, rich, robust, successful, thriving, vigorous, burgeoning, doing well, expanding, going strong, in full swing, in the pink, in top form, mushrooming, roaring |
| Antonyms: | failing, languishing, stunted, ceasing, decreasing, undeveloping |
| Main Entry: | fortunate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having good luck |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, affluent, auspicious, blessed, bright, charmed, convenient, encouraging, favorable, favored, felicitous, flourishing, fortuitous, golden, happy, healthy, helpful, hopeful, lucky, on a roll*, opportune, profitable, promising, propitious, prosperous, rosy, sitting pretty, successful, thriving, timely, triumphant, victorious, wealthy, well-off, well-to-do, born with a silver spoon, gaining, get a break, in luck, in the gravy, overcoming, providential, sunny side |
| Antonyms: | adverse, sad, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lucky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fortunate, opportune |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, adventitious, auspicious, beneficial, benign, blessed, charmed, favored, felicitous, fortuitous, golden, happy, hopeful, hot*, on a roll*, promising, propitious, prosperous, successful, timely, well, all systems go, coming up roses, everything going, getting a break, hit it big, holding aces, in the groove, into something, on a streak, providential, serendipitous, striking it rich |
| Antonyms: | bad, inopportune, unfortunate, unlucky, unpropitious, unsuccessful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moneyed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rich |
| Synonyms: | affluent, flush*, loaded, opulent, prosperous, wealthy, well-heeled*, well-off*, well-to-do*, fat-cat, leisure-class, upper-class, upscale, uptown |
| Antonyms: | destitute, poor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | opulent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rich, luxurious, profuse |
| Synonyms: | abundant, affluent, copious, deluxe, extravagant, exuberant, lavish, luscious, luxuriant, moneyed, ostentatious, palatial, plentiful, plush, pretentious, prodigal, prolific, prosperous, rich, riotous, showy, sumptuous, velvet*, wealthy, well-heeled*, well-off*, well-to-do*, frilly, profusive, swank, upholstered |
| Antonyms: | depressed, destitute, poor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | robust |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | healthy, strong |
| Synonyms: | able-bodied, athletic, boisterous, brawny, built, concentrated, fit, flourishing, full-bodied, hale, hardy, hearty, hefty, husky, live, lusty, muscular, peppy, potent, powerful, prosperous, rough, rugged, sinewy, snappy, sound, stout, strapping, sturdy, thriving, tiger*, tough, vigorous, vital, well, wicked*, zippy*, booming, fit as fiddle, in fine fettle, in good health, in good shape, in the pink, powerhouse, prospering, roaring, robustious, robustuous, zappy |
| Antonyms: | flabby, infirm, soft, unhealthy, weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | seasonable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | timely, appropriate |
| Synonyms: | apropos, apt, auspicious, convenient, favorable, fit, opportune, pertinent, propitious, prosperous, relevant, suitable, welcome, well-timed, providential, seasonal, timeous, towardly |
| Antonyms: | inappropriate, inclement, unseasonable, unsuitable, untimely, unfitting |
| Main Entry: | successful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | favorable, profitable |
| Synonyms: | acknowledged, advantageous, auspicious, blooming, blossoming, champion, efficacious, extraordinary, flourishing, fortuitous, fortunate, fruitful, happy, lucky, lucrative, moneymaking, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, prosperous, rewarding, rolling, strong, thriving, top, triumphant, unbeaten, undefeated, victorious, wealthy, ahead of the game, at the top, at top of ladder, bestselling, booming, crowned, on track, out in front, paying |
| Antonyms: | losing, unfavorable, unprofitable, unsuccessful, forfeiting |
| Main Entry: | thriving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | successful |
| Synonyms: | blooming, cooking*, flourishing, growing, healthy, prolific, prosperous, rich, robust, rolling*, sitting pretty*, wealthy, advancing, arrived, booming, burgeoning, developing, doing well, going strong, have it made, have the wherewithal, home free, on top of heap, progressing, prospering, roaring |
| Antonyms: | failing, languishing, losing, declining |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | timely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at the right time |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, auspicious, convenient, favorable, fit, fitting, in the nick of time, judicious, likely, meet, modern, now, opportune, pat, promising, prompt, proper, propitious, prosperous, punctual, seasonable, suitable, up-to-date, well-timed, with it*, in good time, timeous, towardly, up-to-the-minute |
| Antonyms: | inappropriate, inopportune, unsuitable, untimely |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wealthy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rich; having a lot of money |
| Synonyms: | affluent, comfortable, independent, loaded, moneyed, opulent, prosperous, substantial, well-heeled*, well-off*, well-to-do*, booming, having it made, in the money, made of money, of independent means, pecunious, rolling in it, upscale |
| Antonyms: | lacking, needy, poor, poverty-stricken, wanting, deprived |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | well-off |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | successful, wealthy |
| Synonyms: | affluent, comfortable, easy, flourishing, flush, fortunate, loaded, lucky, moneyed, prosperous, rich, snug, substantial, thriving, well, well-to-do |
| Antonyms: | destitute, failing, poor, unsuccessful |
| Main Entry: | well-to-do |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-off |
| Synonyms: | affluent, comfortable, flourishing, loaded, moneyed, prosperous, rich, snug, successful, wealthy, rolling in it, set for life |
| Main Entry: | sitting pretty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in an advantageous position |
| Synonyms: | on cloud nine, prosperous, ahead of the game, going places, on top, on top of the heap, on top of the world |
| Main Entry: | affluent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wealthy |
| Synonyms: | flush*, loaded, moneyed*, opulent, prosperous, rich, upper class, well-off, well-to-do, stinking rich, upscale |
| Antonyms: | destitute, impoverished, needy, penniless, poor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | propitious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | full of promise; good, favorable |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, auspicious, beneficial, benign, brave, bright, encouraging, fortunate, happy, hopeful, lucky, opportune, pat*, promising, prosperous, rosy, seasonable, timely, toward, useful, well-timed, dexter, favoring |
| Antonyms: | inauspicious, unfavorable, unpromising |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rich |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having a lot of money |
| Synonyms: | affluent, bloated, comfortable, easy, fat, flush, gilded, independent, loaded, moneyed, opulent, plush, prosperous, swimming, wealthy, well-heeled*, well-off*, well-to-do*, filthy rich, in clover, in the money, made of money, propertied, rolling in it, upscale, uptown, well provided for, worth a million |
| Antonyms: | poor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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