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Synonyms for prosper

12 synonyms
4 antonyms
1 meaning

verb

Most common

thrive flourish succeed grow

All synonyms

Verb

1. Thrive — to be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain

thrive, flourish, succeed, grow, blossom, gain, boom, advance, fly high

Other

do well, grow up, prevail

Antonyms

fail, fall, decline

All antonyms of prosper →

Definitions

v. 1
To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.

Related words

Word family: prosperity prosperless prosperous
Phrases: cheaters never prosper cheats never prosper

Forms

Past participle: prospered
e.g. prospered → thrived, flourished, succeeded, grown…

Example sentences

grow "I will grow many trees here", he said to himself.
succeed If it were not for your help, I could not succeed.
thrive We don't just want you to survive, but to thrive.
flourish Algeria's economy will be able to flourish again.
prevail It was unfortunately impossible for us to prevail.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
prosper		rising
grow		rising
succeed		steady
thrive		rising
flourish		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: grow¹, gain¹, boom¹
6 letters: thrive¹
7 letters: advance², succeed², blossom², prevail²
8 letters: flourish²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (advance² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: prospérer
Italiano: prosperare
Español: prosperar
Deutsch: gedeihen
Català: prosperar