wealthy
/ˈwɛlθi
/adjective (wealthier, wealthiest)
Having a great deal of money, resources, or assets; rich: the wealthy nations of the world (as plural noun the wealthy) the burden of taxation on the wealthy...
- The rich are almost obscenely wealthy, while the poor live in shocking conditions.
- Now lives will be lost unless wealthy nations are prepared to act on a larger scale than ever before.
- The level of public support for the arts is much lower than it is in other wealthy nations.
Synonyms
rich, affluent, moneyed, cash rich, well off, with deep pockets, well-to-do, prosperous, comfortable, opulent, propertied, of means, of substance, in clover, plutocratic;
North American silk-stocking
British informal minted
informal well heeled, rolling in it/money, in the money, made of money, filthy rich, stinking rich, loaded, flush, on easy street, quids in, worth a packet/bundle
Australian/New Zealand informal financial
informal, dated oofy
Derivatives
wealthily
- George Taille du Voltaire was a man who had everything, a young girl who he knew would grow in beauty and marry wealthily, a wonderful, a beautiful wife that he loved, and money to support three generations.
- Some are wealthily dressed, expressing their opinions in conversation with other people.
- He spied a wealthily dressed man in the crowd and tapped on his son's shoulder.
Rhymes
- magcon
- Magdala red
- magdalen
- Magdalena
- Magdalene asylum
- Magdalene home
- Magdalene hospital
- Magdalene's home
- Magdalene Society
- Magdalenian
- Magdalenism
- Magdeburg
- Magdeburg hemispheres
- Magdeburgian
- mage
- Magellan
- Magellan Cloud
- Magellan, Ferdinand
- Magellanic Cloud
- Magellanic Clouds
- Magellanic Stream
- Magellan's Cloud
- Magellan's straits
- Magellan, Strait of
- Magellan straits