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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. very lively and profitable;
- Example: "flourishing businesses"
- Example: "a palmy time for stockbrokers"
- Example: "a prosperous new business"
- Example: "doing a roaring trade"
- Example: "a thriving tourist center"
- Example: "did a thriving business in orchids"
[syn: booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prosper \Pros"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prospered; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Prospering.] [F. prosp['e]rer v. i., or L.
   prosperare, v. i., or L. prosperare, v. t., fr. prosper or
   prosperus. See Prosperous.]
   To favor; to render successful. "Prosper thou our handiwork."
   --Bk. of Common Prayer.
   [1913 Webster]

         All things concur toprosper our design.  --Dryden.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

prospering
    adj 1: 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,
           prosperous, roaring, thriving]