What does prosperity mean?
Word: Prosperity
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Prosperity means the state of being successful and having enough money, food and comfort; doing well, especially in wealth.
Synonyms: wealth, success, affluence, well-being
Antonyms: hardship, misfortune
Word origin: From Latin prosperitas, from prosperus, doing well.
How do you spell prosperity?
Syllables: pros - per - i - ty
Tricky part: Prosperity is built on prosper, so the er of prosper stays. Students sometimes write prosparity or prospherity.
Watch out for: prosparity, prospherity
Memory tip: Prosperity keeps the whole of prosper inside it, just as property keeps the whole of proper.
Prosperity in a sentence
Example 1: The new factory brought jobs and prosperity to the small town.
Example 2: Farmers hope for a good monsoon and a year of prosperity.
Example 3: We wished our neighbours health and prosperity in the new year.
Fun Fact
Economists often measure a country's prosperity by its GDP, the total value of all the goods and services it produces in a year.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Three of these words are spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of the misspelt one:
1. heritage 2. harmony 3. prosperity 4. independance
a) a time of success, with plenty of money and comfort
b) the traditions and buildings passed down from the past
c) a state of peaceful agreement
d) freedom from control by another country or person
Show answer
d) freedom from control by another country or person. Independence ends in ence, not ance; harmony, prosperity and heritage need no correction.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word prosperity as used in the sentence:
After the long drought ended, the villagers looked forward to a period of prosperity.
a) courage
b) poverty
c) patience
d) honesty
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b) poverty. Prosperity means having plenty; poverty means having too little.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
Trade along the Silk Road brought great ptirsoyrpe to many cities.
a) property
b) prosperity
c) posterity
d) propriety
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b) prosperity. Property and propriety have no s, and posterity has a single r, so the ten letters spell prosperity.
Word Cookie
Fill in the missing letters to complete the word:
pr_sper_ty
a) o, e
b) u, i
c) a, i
d) o, i
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d) o, i. Prosperity grows out of prosper, which already holds the o; the gap before ty takes the i of ity.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A country enjoying prosperity is most likely to have ____.
a) a shortage of food and water
b) empty markets and closed shops
c) a long quarrel with its neighbours
d) plenty of jobs and good incomes
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d) plenty of jobs and good incomes
2. Wishing someone prosperity means hoping they have ____.
a) a sunny day at the beach
b) a life free of money worries
c) a happy birthday party
d) a safe trip home
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b) a life free of money worries
