[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

prosperous \pros"perous\, a. l. prosperus or prosper,
   originally, answering to hope; pro according to + the root of
   sperare to hope. see despair.
   1. tending to prosperity; favoring; favorable; helpful.
      1913 webster

            a happy passage and a prosperous wind. --denham.
      1913 webster

   2. being prospered; advancing in the pursuit of anything
      desirable; making gain, or increase; thriving; successful;
      as, a prosperous voyage; a prosperous undertaking; a
      prosperous man or nation.
      1913 webster

            by moderation either state to bear
            prosperous or adverse.                --milton.
      1913 webster

   syn: fortunate; successful; flourishing; thriving; favorable;
        auspicious; lucky. see fortunate.
        1913 webster -- pros"perously, adv. --
        pros"perousness, n.
        1913 webster
see also:
despair fortunate pros"perously pros"perousness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

prosperous
     adj 1: in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich;
            "they were comfortable or even wealthy by some
            standards"; "easy living"; "a prosperous family"; "his
            family is well-situated financially"; "well-to-do
            members of the community" syn: comfortable, easy,
             well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated,
             well-to-do
     2: very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a
        palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business";
        "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did
        a thriving business in orchids" syn: booming, flourishing,
         palmy, prospering, roaring, thriving
     3: marked by peace and prosperity; "a golden era"; "the halcyon
        days of the clipper trade" syn: golden, halcyon
     4: tending to favor or bring good luck; "miracles are
        auspicious accidents"; "encouraging omens"; "a favorable
        time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous
        moment to make a decision" syn: auspicious, encouraging,
         favorable, favourable, lucky
see also:
comfortable easy well-fixed well-heeled well-off well-situated 
well-to-do booming flourishing palmy prospering 
roaring thriving golden halcyon auspicious 
encouraging favorable favourable lucky 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

82 moby thesaurus words for "prosperous":
   abounding in riches, affluent, appropriate, assured of success,
   auspicious, benign, benignant, booming, comfortable,
   comfortably situated, coming, convenient, crowned with success,
   desirable, disgustingly rich, easy, fair, fat, favorable, favoring,
   felicitous, flourishing, flush, fortunate, frightfully rich,
   full of promise, golden, good, halcyon, happy, in clover, in funds,
   in good case, in luxury, in the money, independent,
   independently rich, independently wealthy, loaded, lucky,
   luxurious, made, made of money, moneyed, monied, of good omen,
   of happy portent, of promise, on easy street, on the up-and-up,
   on top, on velvet, oofy, opportune, opulent, out in front,
   promising, propitious, prospering, provided for, rich,
   rich as croesus, rolling in money, seasonable, snug, strong,
   substantial, succeeding, successful, surefire, thriving,
   triumphant, wallowing in wealth, warm, wealthy, well,
   well provided for, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-timed,
   well-to-do

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