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Antonyms for prosper
ˈprɒs pərpros·per

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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 5 votes

  1. prosper

    A person succeeds when he accomplishes what he attempts, or attains a desired object or result; an enterprise or undertaking succeeds that has a prosperous result. To win implies that some one loses, but one may succeed where no one fails. A solitary swimmer succeeds in reaching the shore; if we say he wins the shore we contrast him with himself as a possible loser. Many students may succeed in study; a few win the special prizes, for which all compete. Compare FOLLOW.

    Antonyms:
    be defeated, come short, fail, fall short, lose, miscarry, miss

    Synonyms:
    achieve, attain, flourish, prevail, succeed, thrive, win

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 2 votes

  1. thrive, prosper, fly high, flourishverb

    make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance

    "The new student is thriving"

    Synonyms:
    wave, brandish, fly high, thrive, boom, expand, flourish

How to use prosper in a sentence?

  1. Homer, The Odyssey:

    Evil deeds do not prosper; the slow man catches up with the swift.

  2. Hadeer Ayman:

    I have a dream for the sport, especially for women here in Egypt, to prosper here, the players taught us a lot, like discipline, respect, ethics and manners of the game.

  3. President Obama:

    Today, high-speed broadband is not a luxury. It's a necessity, this is about helping local businesses grow and prosper and compete in the global economy.

  4. The VIX:

    Markets have tumbled over the last four days, bringing the recent late-summer comeback into doubt. The VIX is just now catching up to The VIX, and only sort of. Digging in : Thirty is considered a high benchmark for The VIX. Volatility Index floated around 20 and below — which would indicate less volatility — for most of August. Volatility Index hit 25 on Wednesday. In theory, if Volatility Index were to predict future market moves, Volatility Index would have risen that high ahead of last week's selloff, Scott Bauer, CEO of Prosper Trading Academy who worked for 15 years as a market maker at the CBOE, told me.Cliff Asness of AQR Capital Management agrees that Volatility Index has limited utility :.

  5. Jose Daniel Ferrer:

    It's a support gesture, it's a solidarity gesture for the struggle that we are taking forward, in Cuba we have to tear down many walls so that the Cuban people can live with dignity, with rights, and so that they can prosper.

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#2032miss
#2636fail
#3169lose
#24189prosper
#179405miscarry

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