PROSPERITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prosperity mean? 

• PROSPERITY (noun)
  The noun PROSPERITY has 2 senses:

1. an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment

2. the condition of prospering; having good fortune

  Familiarity information: PROSPERITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROSPERITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("prosperity" is a kind of...):

economic condition (the condition of the economy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prosperity"):

boom (a state of economic prosperity)

Derivation:

prosperous (very lively and profitable)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The condition of prospering; having good fortune

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

prosperity; successfulness

Hypernyms ("prosperity" is a kind of...):

good fortune; good luck; luckiness (an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prosperity"):

eudaemonia; eudaimonia; upbeat; welfare; well-being; wellbeing (a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous)

strength (the condition of financial success)

success (a state of prosperity or fame)

Derivation:

prosperous (in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich)

 Context examples 

I sick of prosperity and indulgence!

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Henry Crawford had destroyed her happiness, but he should not know that he had done it; he should not destroy her credit, her appearance, her prosperity, too.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Then she drank to prosperity in his undertakings, and he drank to the hope that James Grant would show up and pay her for his washing.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Thus strangely are our souls constructed, and by such slight ligaments are we bound to prosperity or ruin.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Your partner will enter a phase where he or she will enjoy prosperity during 2020, and by being with your partner, you will, too.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Keesh and his mother moved into it, and it was the first prosperity she had enjoyed since the death of Bok.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Indeed, brother, your anxiety for our welfare and prosperity carries you too far.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Because I disliked you too fixedly and thoroughly ever to lend a hand in lifting you to prosperity.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Well, here’s your good health landlord, and prosperity to your house.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I am rusty in my shorthand—see what unexpected prosperity does for us—so it may be as well to freshen it up again with an exercise anyhow....

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)