wealthy en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈʋɛːl.d̪iː/ (India, North)
- /ˈʋel.d̪iː/ (India, South)
- /ˈʋɛːl.t̪hiː/ (India, North)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈwɛl.θi/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈʋel.t̪(h)iː/ (India, South)
Etymology
From Middle English welthy, welþi, equivalent to wealth + -y. Cognate with Middle Dutch weldech, weeldech (“magnificent, luscious, lavish”).
Meanings
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Possessing financial wealth; rich.
ProPublica’s data shows that while some wealthy Americans, such as hedge fund managers, would pay more taxes under the current Biden administration proposals, the vast majority of the top 25 would see little change. […] No one among the 25 wealthiest avoided as much tax as Buffett, the grandfatherly centibillionaire.
2021 June 8, Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen, Paul Kiel, “The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax”, in ProPublica, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2022:As a result of these causes the grazier marks himself off fairly sharply from the rest of Australia. He has always spent a considerable proportion of the time in the capital cities, in each of which he has formed a club to which, besides the graziers, only a few of the wealthiest and most prominent of the city dwellers are admitted.
1963, Colin Clark, Australian Hopes and Fears, page 75:In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra–wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.
2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2022, page 19:Gleefully and legally intruding upon the sanctum of the wealthy linksters, we walked the mitigation meadows.
2010, Robert Michael Pyle, chapter 18, in Mariposa Road, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, page 158:As people stall feed through the years, or if they are wealthier to begin with, the money is used to build houses and buy metal roof sheets, or to buy bicycles, ox-carts and breeding cows.
1984, Cornelia Butler Flora, Animals in the Farming System:
- Abundant in quality or quantity; profuse.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wealthier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| more wealthy | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| wealthiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| most wealthy | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
Hypernyms
affluent · prosperous · solvent
Hyponyms
new money · ultrawealthy · nouveau riche · independently wealthy · ultrarich · old money · millionaire · billionaire · uberwealthy · born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
Relateds
sugar daddy · wealth · upscale · nabob · well-paid
Synonyms
rolling in it · fat · oofy · rolling · filthy rich · well-heeled · loaded · wealthy · well-to-do · bow-legged wi' brass · moneyed · well-endowed · well off · comfortably off · moneybags · of means · rich as Croesus · upper crust · rich · minted · rolling in dough
Translations (113)
ja 裕福な (rich) · tr varsıl (rich) · bo ཕྱུག་པོ (rich) · el πλούσιος (rich) · ga maoinmhar (rich) · pl bogaty (rich) · gl rico (rich) · oc ric (rich) · fi rikas (abundant) · ang rīċe (rich) · fr riche (rich) · sa धनिक (rich) · uk бага́тий (rich) · sv välbärgad (rich) · vo liegik (rich) · oc amonedat (rich) · gl ricaz (rich) · izh karvain (rich) · te సంపన్న (rich) · ko 풍부한 (rich) · gl adiñeirado (rich) · txb śāte (rich) · cmn 富裕 (rich) · it danaroso (rich) · el πλούσιος (abundant) · sa ईशान (rich) · ru обеспе́ченный (rich) · sv rik (rich) · it abbiente (rich) · ast adineráu (rich) · grc εὔπορος (rich) · th มั่งมี (rich) · ru бога́тый (rich) · ja 金持の (rich) · fi varakas (rich) · ga maoineach (rich) · de reich (rich) · es acomodado (rich) · sa धन्य (rich) · la locuplēs (rich) · it facoltoso (rich) · ar غَنِيّ (rich) · ca adinerat (rich) · bg изобилен (abundant) · fi runsas (abundant) · cy cyfoethog (rich) · ja 富有な (rich) · dsb bogaty (rich) · es próspero (rich) · izh rikas (rich) · it denaroso (rich) · th มั่งคั่ง (rich) · ru состоя́тельный (rich) · tr zengin (abundant) · pt rico (rich) · tr varlıklı (rich) · af ryk (rich) · tr bol (abundant) · izh rahakas (rich) · lv turīgs (rich) · th รวย (rich) · be бага́ты (rich) · eo riĉa (rich) · bg богат (rich) · es rico (rich) · de wohlhabend (rich) · el εύπορος (rich) · pl zamożny (rich) · izh rahalliin (rich) · hi अमीर (rich) · la dīves (rich) · he אָמִיד (rich) · es ficho (rich) · fi äveriäs (rich) · ru зажи́точный (rich) · th ร่ำรวย (rich) · ka მდიდარი (rich) · hi धनी (rich) · es fichudo (rich) · tr zengin (rich) · ca ric (rich) · txb ekaññetstse (rich) · ja 豊かな (rich) · grc πλούσιος (rich) · pt farto (abundant) · fr nanti (rich) · izh paksu (rich) · ro bogat (rich) · hu vagyonos (rich) · ast ricu (rich) · la dīs (rich) · vi giàu (rich) · hi संपन्न (rich) · it agiato (rich) · ckb خاوەن پارە (rich) · fa پولدار (rich) · bg заможен (rich) · ckb دۆڵەمەند (rich) · ur امیر (rich) · it ricco (rich) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌲𐍃 (rich) · lv mantīgs (rich) · af ryk (abundant) · sv förmögen (rich) · sa रयि (rich) · it benestante (rich) · fa ثروتمند (rich) · te ధనిక (rich) · vo benolabik (rich) · hu gazdag (rich) · es adinerado (rich) · cmn 富有 (rich) · ro avut (rich)