prosper
Verb
Verb Forms: prospered, prospering, prospers
- To succeed, especially in financial or material terms; flourish.
- make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
- To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.
- To grow; to increase.
- To favor; to render successful.
Examples
- May your words be long and your scores PROSPER in this Scrabble match!
Origin / Etymology
From Old French prosperer, from Latin prosperō (“I render happy”), from prosperus (“prosperous”), from Proto-Italic *prosparos, from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to succeed”), whence also Latin spēs (“hope, expectation”).
Antonyms
decline, fail, fall, fall on hard times, go awry, go down the toilet, go downhill, go pear-shaped, go to pot, go to shit, go to the dogs, go wrong
Scrabble Score: 11
prosper: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordprosper: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
prosper: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary