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| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers |
| Division (I) Individual Volition |
| Section V. Results of Voluntary Action |
| 734. Prosperity. |
| NOUN: | PROSPERITY, welfare, well-being; affluence (wealth) [See Wealth]; success [See Success]; thrift, roaring trade; good -, smiles of - fortune; blessings, godsend; bed of roses; fat of the land, milk and honey, loaves and fishes, fleshpots of Egypt. LUCK; good -, run of- luck; sunshine; fair -weather, - wind; fair wind and no favor; palmy -, bright -, halcyon- days; piping times, tide, flood, high tide. GOLDEN AGE, golden time, Saturnia regna [L.], Saturnian age. MAN OF SUBSTANCE, made man, lucky dog, enfant gâté [F.], spoiled child of fortune. UPSTART, parvenu, nouveau riche [F.], narikin [Jap.], skipjack [dial. Eng.], mushroom. |
| VERB: | PROSPER, thrive, flourish; be prosperous &c. adj.; drive a roaring trade; go on -well, - smoothly, - swimmingly; sail before the wind, swim with the tide; run -smooth, - smoothly, - on all fours [colloq.]. rise -, get on- in the world; work -, make- one’s way; look up; lift -, raise- one’s head, make one’s fortune, feather one’s nest, make one’s pile [slang]. flower, blow, blossom, bloom, fructify, bear fruit, fatten, batten. keep oneself afloat; keep -, hold- one’s head above water; light -, fall- on one’s -legs, - feet; drop into a good thing; bear a charmed life; bask in the sunshine; have a good (or fine) time of it; have a run, - of luck; have the good fortune &c. n. to; take a favorable turn; live -on the fat of the land, - in clover, - on velvet. |
| ADJECTIVE: | PROSPEROUS; thriving &c. v.; in a fair way, buoyant; well off, well to do, well to live [archaic], set up [colloq.], well to do in the world; at one’s ease; rich [See Wealth]; in good case; in full feather, in high feather; fortunate, lucky, in luck; born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth, born under a lucky star; on the sunny side of the hedge. palmy, halcyon; agreeable [See Pleasurableness]; couleur de rose [F.]. AUSPICIOUS, propitious, providential. |
| ADVERB: | PROSPEROUSLY &c. adj.; swimmingly; as good luck would have it; beyond all -expectation, - hope; beyond one’s deserts; beyond the dreams of avarice. |
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