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View usage for: (hweəʳwɪðɔːl) singular noun [oft NOUN to-infinitive]If you have the wherewithal for something, you have the means, especially the money, that you need for it. She didn't have the financial wherewithal to do it. Some of the companies illegally sent the wherewithal for making chemical weapons. [Also + for]Synonyms: resources, means, money, funds More Synonyms of wherewithal wherewithal in British Englishnoun (ˈwɛəwɪðˌɔːl)1. the wherewithal pronoun (ˌwɛəwɪðˈɔːl)2. a less common word for wherewith (sense 1), wherewith (sense 2) wherewithal in American English (ˈhwɛrwɪðˌɔl; ˈwɛrwɪðˌɔl) noun1. that with which something can be done; necessary means, esp. money usually with the the wherewithal to continue one's education Examples of 'wherewithal' in a sentencewherewithal They do not have the mental wherewithal to find their way around the modern world.They have been able to do this because clubs have the financial wherewithal.All that was lacking was the wherewithal to mount such an ambitious expedition.Bankers say the mining giant is virtually the only company with the financial wherewithal to launch an offer on its own.If things do go wrong, many of us lack the wherewithal to fend for our family.Indeed, it is criminality that makes life in the poorest areas of our cities such a torment, not sheer lack of wherewithal to live. In other languageswherewithal British English: wherewithal NOUNthe wherewithal If you have the wherewithal for something, you have the means, especially the money, that you need for it. She didn't have the financial wherewithal to do it. - American English: wherewithal
- Brazilian Portuguese: recursos
- Chinese: 所需物资 >尤指资金
- European Spanish: recursos
- French: moyens
- German: Mittel
- Italian: mezzi
- Japanese: 資金
- Korean: 필요한 자금
- European Portuguese: recursos
- Latin American Spanish: recursos
Definition the necessary funds, resources, or equipment She didn't have the financial wherewithal to start a new business. Synonyms resources means funds supplies ready (informal) essentials ready money Additional synonymsDefinition wealth used to produce more wealth by investment The company is having difficulties in raising capital. Synonyms money, funds, stock, investment(s), property, cash, finance, finances, financing, resources, assets, wealth, principal, means, wherewithal, wonga (slang) Definition the official currency, in the form of banknotes or coins, issued by a government A lot of money that you pay goes back to the distributor. Synonyms cash, funds, capital, currency, wealth, hard cash, green (slang), readies (informal), riches, necessary (old-fashioned), silver, bread (slang), coin, tin (slang), brass (NorthernEngland, dialect), loot (informal), dough (slang), rhino (British, slang, old-fashioned), the ready (informal), banknotes, dosh (British, Australian, slang), lolly (British, slang), the wherewithal, legal tender, megabucks (US, Canadian, slang), needful (informal), specie, shekels (informal), wonga (slang), dibs (slang), filthy lucre (facetious), moolah (slang), ackers (slang), gelt (slang, US), spondulicks (slang, rare), pelf (archaic), mazuma (slang, US), kembla (Australian, slang) Nearby words ofwherewithal - wheeze
- whelp
- whereabouts
- wherewithal
- whet
- whiff
- while
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