Adjective prospering has 1 sense
  1. booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving - very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"
    Antonym: unsuccessful (indirect, via successful)
,Verb prosper has 2 senses
  1. boom, prosper, thrive, get ahead, flourish, expand - grow stronger; "The economy was booming"
    --1 is one way to grow
    Sample sentence:
    The business is going to prosper
  2. thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish - gain in wealth
    --2 is one way to change state, turn
    Sample sentences:
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