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prosperous
 
ADJECTIVE:1. Improving, growing, or succeeding steadily: booming, boomy, flourishing, prospering, roaring, thrifty, thriving. See THRIVE. 2. Occurring at a fitting or advantageous time: auspicious, favorable, opportune, propitious, seasonable, timely, well-timed. See LUCK. 3. Enjoying steady good fortune or financial security: comfortable, easy, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do. Informal : well-fixed. Idioms: comfortably off, in clover, on easy street. See RICH, THRIVE.
 
 
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