Words that rhyme with prosper

  • chopper
    n 1: a grounder that bounces high in the air [syn: chop, chopper] 2: informal terms for a human `tooth' [syn: chopper, pearly] 3: an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades [syn: helicopter, chopper, whirlybird, eggbeater] 4: a butcher's knife having a large square blade [syn: cleaver, meat cleaver, chopper]
  • clodhopper
    n 1: a thick and heavy shoe [syn: brogan, brogue, clodhopper, work shoe]
  • cooper
    n 1: United States industrialist who built the first American locomotive; founded Cooper Union in New York City to offer free courses in the arts and sciences (1791-1883) [syn: Cooper, Peter Cooper] 2: United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961) [syn: Cooper, Gary Cooper, Frank Cooper] 3: United States novelist noted for his stories of American Indians and the frontier life (1789-1851) [syn: Cooper, James Fenimore Cooper] 4: a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs [syn: cooper, barrel maker] v 1: make barrels and casks
  • copper
    n 1: a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor [syn: copper, Cu, atomic number 29] 2: a copper penny 3: uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig] 4: a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper [syn: copper, copper color] 5: any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings v 1: coat with a layer of copper
  • cropper
    n 1: small farmers and tenants [syn: sharecropper, cropper, sharecrop farmer]
  • damper
    n 1: a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace 2: a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations [syn: damper, muffler] 3: a depressing restraint; "rain put a damper on our picnic plans"
  • dapper
    adj 1: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce]
  • dropper
    n 1: pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a time; "she used an eye dropper to administer medication to the eyes" [syn: dropper, eye dropper]
  • hopper
    n 1: funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below 2: someone who hops; "at hopscotch, the best hoppers are the children" 3: a machine used for picking hops [syn: hop-picker, hopper] 4: terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping [syn: grasshopper, hopper] 5: (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground [syn: grounder, ground ball, groundball, hopper]
  • improper
    adj 1: not suitable or right or appropriate; "slightly improper to dine alone with a married man"; "improper medication"; "improper attire for the golf course" [ant: proper] 2: not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention; "an unconventional marriage"; "improper banking practices" [syn: improper, unconventional, unlawful] 3: not appropriate for a purpose or occasion; "said all the wrong things" [syn: improper, wrong]
  • pauper
    n 1: a person who is very poor
  • popper
    n 1: British philosopher (born in Austria) who argued that scientific theories can never be proved to be true, but are tested by attempts to falsify them (1902-1994) [syn: Popper, Karl Popper, Sir Karl Raimund Popper] 2: a container of stimulant drug (amyl nitrate or butyl nitrite) 3: a container for cooking popcorn
  • proper
    adj 1: marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" [ant: improper] 2: having all the qualities typical of the thing specified; "wanted a proper dinner; not just a snack"; "he finally has a proper job" 3: limited to the thing specified; "the city proper"; "his claim is connected with the deed proper" 4: appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position" [syn: proper, right]
  • sharecropper
    n 1: small farmers and tenants [syn: sharecropper, cropper, sharecrop farmer]
  • shopper
    n 1: someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy 2: a commercial agent who shops at the competitor's store in order to compare their prices and merchandise with those of the store that employs her
  • showstopper
    n 1: an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down [syn: show- stopper, showstopper, stopper] 2: something that is strikingly attractive or has great popular appeal; "she has a show-stopper of a smile"; "the brilliant orange flowers against the green foliage were a showstopper" [syn: show-stopper, showstopper]
  • stopper
    n 1: an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down [syn: show- stopper, showstopper, stopper] 2: a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply [syn: conversation stopper, stopper] 3: (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit; "if my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump" 4: blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly [syn: plug, stopper, stopple] v 1: close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers" [syn: stopper, stopple]
  • topper
    n 1: a worker who makes or adds the top to something 2: a worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.) 3: the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others; "he could beat the best of them" [syn: best, topper] 4: an exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone before 5: a woman's short coat 6: a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur [syn: dress hat, high hat, opera hat, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat, topper, beaver]
  • whopper
    n 1: a gross untruth; a blatant lie [syn: whopper, walloper] 2: something especially big or impressive of its kind [syn: whacker, whopper]
  • joppa
    n 1: a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950 [syn: Jaffa, Joppa, Yafo]
  • bopper
  • poppa
  • swapper
  • teenybopper
  • woodchopper
  • clopper
  • opper
  • kopper
  • cosper
  • rockhopper
  • unstopper

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