| Main Entry: | sitting pretty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in an advantageous position |
Synonyms: |
ahead of the game, going places, on cloud nine, on top, on top of the heap, on top of the world, prosperous |
| Main Entry: | eat high on the hog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | live well |
Synonyms: |
be in fat city, be in hog heaven, be sitting pretty, have it good, have it made, sit pretty |
| Main Entry: | fortunate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having good luck |
Synonyms: |
advantageous, affluent, auspicious, blessed, born with a silver spoon, bright, charmed, convenient, encouraging, favorable, favored, felicitous, flourishing, fortuitous, gaining, get a break, golden, happy, healthy, helpful, hopeful, in luck, in the gravy, lucky, on a roll, opportune, overcoming, profitable, promising, propitious, prosperous, providential, rosy, sitting pretty, successful, sunny side, thriving, timely, triumphant, victorious, wealthy, well-off, well-to-do |
| Notes: | fortunate means having unexpected good fortune or luck; fortuitous means happening by chance or coming or occurring by accident or without any known cause |
Antonyms: |
adverse, sad, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, upset |
| Main Entry: | prosperous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | successful, thriving |
Synonyms: |
affluent, blooming, booming, comfortable, doing well, easy, flourishing, fortunate, halcyon, in clover, in the money, lousy rich, lucky, main-line, money to burn, moneyed, on top of heap, opulent, palmy, prospering, rich, roaring, robust, sitting pretty, snug, substantial, upper-class, uptown, wealthy, well, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do |
Antonyms: |
failing, losing, poor, unprosperous, unsuccessful |
| Main Entry: | safe |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | free from harm |
Synonyms: |
buttoned up, cherished, free from danger, guarded, home-free, impervious, impregnable, in safety, intact, inviolable, invulnerable, maintained, okay*, out of danger, out of harm's way, preserved, protected, safe and sound, safeguarded, secure, sheltered, shielded, sitting pretty, snug, tended, unassailable, undamaged, under lock and key, under one's wing, unharmed, unhurt, uninjured, unmolested, unscathed, unthreatened, vindicated, watched |
Antonyms: |
exposed, unguarded, unprotected, unsafe, vulnerable |
| Main Entry: | thriving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | successful |
Synonyms: |
advancing, arrived, blooming, booming, burgeoning, cooking*, developing, doing well, flourishing, going strong, growing, have it made, have the wherewithal, healthy, home free, on top of heap, progressing, prolific, prospering, prosperous, rich, roaring, robust, rolling, sitting pretty, wealthy |
Antonyms: |
declining, failing, languishing, losing |