prosper
To do well and become successful or rich.
prosper in a sentence
- The little bakery prospered until there were queues out of the door every morning.
- With sunshine and careful watering, the school vegetable patch began to prosper and feed half the street.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to prosper?
- Astruggle
- Bsuffer
- Cfail
- Dsucceed
Show the answer
D: succeed. The other three mean the opposite of prosper.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to prosper?
- Asucceed
- Bgrow
- Cfail
- Dbloom
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C: fail. The other three mean nearly the same as prosper.
Words that mean something similar
succeed, grow, bloom
Words that mean the opposite
fail, struggle, suffer
More words about time & change
- punctual: Arriving or doing things exactly on time.
- reserve: To keep something back to use later, or to book it for someone.
- restore: To bring something back to how it was before.
- revive: To bring something back to life or strength.
- seldom: Not very often.
- slumber: To sleep deeply and peacefully.
- suspend: To stop something for a while, or to hang something up.
- tardy: Late, or slower than expected.
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Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test