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Spell Bee Word: prosperous


Basic Details

Word: Prosperous

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Doing well and having plenty of money or good things; successful.

Synonyms: wealthy, rich, thriving, successful

Antonyms: poor, needy, struggling

How to Spell Prosperous

Syllables: pros - per - ous

Tricky part: The middle is per, not par. The ending is a plain ous, without the extra i that students add from words like various.

Watch out for: prosparous, prosperus, prosperious

Memory tip: Prosper + ous. A shop that prospers, earning more per day, becomes prosperous: keep the per you would use in 'per day'.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Surat grew into a prosperous city because of its diamond and textile trade.

Example 2: The farmers hoped for a good monsoon and a prosperous year.

Example 3: Grandfather's village is far more prosperous now that it has a road and a bank.

Fun Fact

In many Gujarati trading families, new account books are opened at Diwali with prayers for a prosperous year, and the Gujarati New Year begins the very next day.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: prosperous

a) thriving
b) flourishing
c) needy
d) wealthy

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c) needy. Needy people lack money and comforts; the other three describe doing well.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) perseverence
b) previlege
c) prosperous
d) prominant

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c) prosperous. Privilege starts with pri, perseverance ends in ance and prominent ends in ent.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

pr_sp_rous

a) a, e
b) o, i
c) o, e
d) o, a

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c) o, e. Pros comes first and per follows, so the gaps take o and then e.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A prosperous business is one that is ____.

a) losing its customers
b) only an idea
c) making good profits
d) closing down

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c) making good profits

2. The noun linked to prosperous is ____.

a) prosperation
b) prosperance
c) prosperity
d) prosperness

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c) prosperity

Associated Words

thrillresignconditioneracknowledgeisthmus
parliamentblockadepaternityequivalentsurround

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