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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

of means en · ADP

Meanings

  1. (of a person) Possessing significant wealth, especially as suggesting social standing.
    • The reward offered by Mrs. Hasbrouck for the detection of the murderer was a very large one. She is a woman of means. 1915, Anna Katharine Green, The Golden Slipper, Problem 7
    • Rich and pretty, he shows how meaningless it is to be a man of means. He in incapacitated by wealth, status and the availability of sex with good-looking people. 2007 August 5, Richard Corliss, “When Antonioni Blew Up the Movies”, in Time:
    • He seemed a person of means and leisure, but he knew nothing of recent concerts, theatres, or books. 1896, H. G. Wells, chapter 29, in The Wheels of Chance:

Deriveds

woman of means · man of means · of modest means

Synonyms

well-to-do · prosperous · well off · wealthy · affluent