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Synonyms & Antonyms for prosperous
Synonyms
booming, boomy, flourishing, golden, halcyon, healthy, lush, palmy, prospering, roaring, successful, thriving
Antonyms
depressed, unprosperous, unsuccessful
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In Norway, one of the world´s most prosperous countries, 95 percent of adults are smart phone users, and internet penetration is at 98 percent, according to Norwegian government statistics. Norwegians are also avid social media users. — Heidi Taksdal Skjeseth, Billboard, "At Norway's Oya Festival, a Sea of Hands but Few People Filming With Cell Phones," 12 Aug. 2019 Today, for all its flaws, America remains the freest, most innovative, most prosperous country in the history of the world. — Marc A. Thiessen, The Mercury News, "Thiessen: America’s better than ‘just OK’ as New York Times says," 10 July 2019 All together, all prosperous, with everyone’s trust and confidence. — Ved Nanda, The Denver Post, "Nanda: India’s election cements “Hindu nationalism” into government but Modi tweets about “an inclusive India”," 14 June 2019 But cities are enjoying a golden age, one that has made them safer, more prosperous and more attractive relative to suburban and rural America than at any time in recent decades. — Washington Post, "Trump says cities are ‘a mess.’ They’re actually enjoying a golden age.," 4 Aug. 2019 The app, CapWay now serves to guide people toward a prosperous financial future. — Kynala Phillips, Essence, "FinTech Boss Sheena Allen Is Tackling What It Means To Bank While Black," 30 July 2019 Indeed, by then, a son of a prosperous family, he had been whisked far away to France to shield him from what had really happened to his father on the night of Sept. 8, 1935. — Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com, "Dr. Carl Weiss Jr., 84, his father, he said, didn’t kill Huey Long," 15 Aug. 2019 Children from lower-income families have lower test scores than children from more prosperous families. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, "A new ranking system for L.A. schools? Board to consider 1-to-5 scale," 14 Aug. 2019 Despite a series of border closures in early 2016, migrants trapped in Greece after entering illegally from Turkey still try to head north through the Balkans to Europe’s prosperous heartland. — Washington Post, "The Latest: Police in N. Macedonia detain 161 migrants," 9 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'prosperous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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