prosperous
Rich and successful.
prosperous in a sentence
- The prosperous merchant lived in a grand house by the harbour.
- After the new factory opened, the little town became prosperous.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to prosperous?
- Awealthy
- Bneedy
- Cpoor
- Dstruggling
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A: wealthy. The other three mean the opposite of prosperous.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to prosperous?
- Apoor
- Bthriving
- Csuccessful
- Dwealthy
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A: poor. The other three mean nearly the same as prosperous.
Words that mean something similar
wealthy, thriving, successful
Words that mean the opposite
poor, struggling, needy
More words about size & amount
- puny: Small and weak.
- robust: Strong, healthy and unlikely to break.
- scanty: Too small in amount, or only just enough.
- scarce: Hard to find because there is very little of it.
- significant: Big or important enough to be worth noticing.
- sparse: Spread out thinly, with only a small amount in each place.
- stupendous: Amazingly large or impressive.
- substantial: Large enough to matter.
More words to explore
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