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prosperity

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /pɹɑˈspɛɹ.ɪ.ti/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /pɹɒˈspɛɹ.ɪ.ti/
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  • CMU ARPABET: P R AA0 S P EH1 R AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The condition of being prosperous: having good fortune and a fortune.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonym: thriving

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: prosperousness, abundance, affluence, cheese, ease, fortune, Mammon, opulence, plenty, richdom, riches, wealth, thriving

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the condition of prospering; having good fortune

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: successfulness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: good fortune, luckiness, good luck

Narrower terms: wellbeing, well-being, welfare, upbeat, eudaemonia, eudaimonia, strength, success

3

noun

Meaning 3

an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: economic condition

Narrower terms: boom

History

Etymology

From Middle English prosperite, from Old French prosperitet, from Latin prosperitās, equivalent to prosper + -ity.

Across languages

Translations

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اِزْدِهَار (izdihār) — condition of being prosperous
  • Arabic: رَخَاء (raḵāʔ) — condition of being prosperous
  • Bulgarian: преуспяване (preuspjavane) — condition of being prosperous
  • Bulgarian: благоденствие (blagodenstvie) — condition of being prosperous
  • Burmese: မင်္ဂလာ (mangga.la) — condition of being prosperous
  • Catalan: prosperitat — condition of being prosperous
  • Cebuano: kalamboan — condition of being prosperous
  • Chinese Mandarin: 繁榮 /繁荣 (fánróng) — condition of being prosperous
  • Czech: prosperita — condition of being prosperous
  • Dutch: voorspoed — condition of being prosperous
  • Esperanto: prospero — condition of being prosperous
  • Estonian: jõukus — condition of being prosperous
  • Finnish: vauraus — condition of being prosperous
  • French: prospérité — condition of being prosperous
  • Galician: prosperidade — condition of being prosperous
  • German: Prosperität — condition of being prosperous
  • German: Wohlstand — condition of being prosperous
  • Greek: ευημερία (evimería) — condition of being prosperous
  • Greek: ευπορία (efporía) — condition of being prosperous
  • Ancient Greek: εὐθηνία (euthēnía) — condition of being prosperous
  • Ancient Greek: ὄλβος (ólbos) — condition of being prosperous
  • Hindi: समृद्धि (samŕddhi) — condition of being prosperous
  • Hindi: संपन्नता (sampannatā) — condition of being prosperous
  • Icelandic: velmegun — condition of being prosperous
  • Icelandic: góðæri — condition of being prosperous
  • Irish: rath — condition of being prosperous
  • Italian: prosperità — condition of being prosperous
  • Japanese: 繁栄 (han'ei) — condition of being prosperous
  • Kazakh: өркендеу (örkendeu) — condition of being prosperous
  • Kazakh: гүлдену (güldenu) — condition of being prosperous
  • Kazakh: көркею (körkeü) — condition of being prosperous
  • Korean: 번영 (beonyeong) — condition of being prosperous
  • Central Kurdish: ئاسوودەیی (asûdeyî) — condition of being prosperous
  • Central Kurdish: بەختیاری (bextyarî) — condition of being prosperous
  • Central Kurdish: کامەرانی (kameranî) — condition of being prosperous
  • Latin: prosperitās — condition of being prosperous
  • Macedonian: благосо́стојба (blagosóstojba) — condition of being prosperous
  • Macedonian: процвету́вање (procvetúvanje) — condition of being prosperous
  • Macedonian: има́штија (imáštija) — condition of being prosperous
  • Malayalam: സമൃദ്ധി (samr̥ddhi) — condition of being prosperous
  • Malayalam: അഭിവൃദ്ധി (abhivr̥ddhi) — condition of being prosperous
  • Manchu: ᠮᡠᡴ᠋ᡩᡝᠨ (mukden) — condition of being prosperous
  • Māori: tōnuitanga — condition of being prosperous
  • Māori: houkuratanga — condition of being prosperous
  • Middle English: welthe — condition of being prosperous
  • Occitan: prosperitat — condition of being prosperous
  • Persian: خوشبختی (xošbaxti) — condition of being prosperous
  • Persian: کامروایی (kāmravāyī) — condition of being prosperous
  • Persian: بهروزی (behruzi) — condition of being prosperous
  • Persian: آبادی — condition of being prosperous
  • Polish: dobrobyt — condition of being prosperous
  • Portuguese: prosperidade — condition of being prosperous
  • Romanian: prosperitate — condition of being prosperous
  • Russian: преуспева́ние (preuspevánije) — condition of being prosperous
  • Russian: процвета́ние (procvetánije) — condition of being prosperous
  • Russian: благосостоя́ние (blagosostojánije) — condition of being prosperous
  • Sanskrit: ऋद्धि (ṛddhi) — condition of being prosperous
  • Sanskrit: स्वस्ति (svasti) — condition of being prosperous
  • Scottish Gaelic: àigh — condition of being prosperous
  • Scottish Gaelic: piseach — condition of being prosperous
  • Serbo-Croatian: imućstvo — condition of being prosperous
  • Slovak: prosperita — condition of being prosperous
  • Spanish: prosperidad — condition of being prosperous
  • Swedish: välstånd — condition of being prosperous
  • Tagalog: kasaganaan — condition of being prosperous
  • Tagalog: kaunlaran — condition of being prosperous
  • Tagalog: kariwasaan — condition of being prosperous
  • Thai: ความรุ่งเรือง (kwaam-rûng-rʉʉang) — condition of being prosperous
  • Turkish: refah — condition of being prosperous
  • Turkish: gönenç — condition of being prosperous
  • Ottoman Turkish: عمارت (ʼimaret) — condition of being prosperous
  • Ottoman Turkish: عمران (ʼümran) — condition of being prosperous
  • Ukrainian: процвіта́ння (procvitánnja) — condition of being prosperous
  • Ukrainian: добро́бут (dobróbut) — condition of being prosperous
  • Volapük: plöp — condition of being prosperous
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