prosperity

Meanings

1. 1noununcountable

   A state of thriving success, especially wealth and financial well-being.

   Grammar: Usually uncountable; say a period of prosperity, not prosperities.

   Patterns

   • economic prosperity
   • bring prosperity to somewhere
   • a period of prosperity

   New industry brought prosperity to the coastal towns.

   The family enjoyed modest prosperity after years of careful saving.

   Stability helped create prosperity for small businesses.

2. 2noununcountableformal

   A broader condition of flourishing, peace, health, or general well-being.

   Grammar: Common in formal phrases such as peace and prosperity.

   Patterns

   • peace and prosperity
   • health and prosperity
   • shared prosperity

   The treaty was presented as a path to peace and prosperity.

   Citizens debated how to turn growth into shared prosperity.

   The festival celebrated the community's cultural prosperity.

Common combinations

economic prosperity

The report links education with long-term economic prosperity.

peace and prosperity

The agreement promised peace and prosperity after a difficult decade.

relative prosperity

The region enjoyed relative prosperity compared with neighboring areas.

bring prosperity to a place

Better roads can bring prosperity to remote villages.

Synonyms and how they differ

wealth

Focuses on money and assets; prosperity can include wider success.

affluence

Formal word for rich and comfortable conditions, often of a person or place.

success

Broader achievement in any area; prosperity often implies material thriving.

boom

A sudden period of economic growth, usually shorter than prosperity.

Opposites

Word family

prosper verb

To succeed or flourish, especially financially.

prosperous adjective

Successful and wealthy, or flourishing in a broader sense.

Commonly confused: prosperity or prosperous?

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