prosperity

Roget category 734

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.5. Results of voluntary action
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#734. Prosperity

noun

prosperity, welfare, well-being — affluence etc. (wealth) 803 — success etc. 731 — thrift, roaring trade — good fortune, smiles of fortune — blessings, godsend.
luck — good luck, run of luck — sunshine — fair weather, fair wind — palmy days, bright days, halcyon days — piping times, tide, flood, high tide.
Saturnia regna [Lat.], Saturnian age — golden time, golden age — bed of roses, fat city [Coll.] — fat of the land, milk and honey, loaves and fishes.
made man, lucky dog, enfant gate [Fr.], spoiled child of fortune.
upstart, parvenu, skipjack^†, mushroom.

verb

prosper, thrive, flourish — be prosperous etc. adj. — drive a roaring trade, do a booming business — go on well, go on smoothly, go on swimmingly — sail before the wind, swim with the tide — run smooth, run smoothly, run on all fours.
rise in the world, get on in the world — work one's way, make one's way — look up — lift one's head, raise one's head, make one's fortune, feather one's nest, make one's pile.
flower, blow, blossom, bloom, fructify, bear fruit, fatten.
keep oneself afloat — keep one's head above water, hold one's head above water — land on one's feet, light on one's feet, light on one's legs, fall on one's legs, fall on one's feet — drop into a good thing — bear a charmed life — bask in the sunshine — have a good time of it, have a fine time of it — have a run of luck — have the good fortune etc. n.. to — take a favorable turn — live on the fat of the land, live off the fat of the land, live in clover.

adjective

prosperous — thriving etc. v. — in a fair way, buoyant — well off, well to do, well to do in the world — set up, at one's ease — rich etc. 803 — in good case — in full, in high feather — fortunate, lucky, in luck — born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, born under a lucky star — on the sunny side of the hedge.
auspicious, propitious, providential.
palmy, halcyon — agreeable etc. 829 — couleur de rose [Fr.].

adverb

prosperously etc. adj. — swimmingly — as good luck would have it — beyond all hope.

phrase

one's star in the ascendant, all for the best, one's course runs smooth.
chacun est l'artisan de sa fortune [Fr.] — donec eris felix multos numerabis amicos [Lat.] [Ovid]; felicitas multos habet amicos [Lat.] — felix se nescit amari [Lat.] [Lucan]; good luck go with thee" [Henry V]; nulli est homini perpetuum bonum [Lat.] [Plautus].

The content on this page comes straight from Project Gutenberg Etext of Roget's Thesaurus No. Two, which consists of the acclaimed work by Peter Mark Roget augmented with more recent material. Some changes were made to the formatting for improved readability.

Bold numbers signify related Roget categories. A dagger symbol (†) indicates archaic words and expressions no longer in common use.

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