wealthy
having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
characterized by, pertaining to, or suggestive of wealth: a wealthy appearance.
rich in character, quality, or amount; abundant or ample: a novel that is wealthy in its psychological insights.
Origin of wealthy
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Other words for wealthy
Opposites for wealthy
Other words from wealthy
- wealth·i·ly, adverb
- wealth·i·ness, noun
- o·ver·wealth·y, adjective
- quasi-wealthy, adjective
- sub·wealth·y, adjective
- su·per·wealth·y, adjective
- un·wealth·y, adjective
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Other definitions for Wealthy (2 of 2)
a variety of red apple, grown in the U.S., ripening in early autumn.
Origin of Wealthy
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How to use wealthy in a sentence
It’s still really, really, really expensive to send people into space, and those who are not bankrolled by a government or a wealthy company have to pay their own way.
When will we see ordinary people going into space? | Neel Patel | September 9, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThe more cowries were worn, the wealthier the wearer was believed to be.
Riding on the company’s soaring stock price, Musk is now wealthier than Mark Zuckerberg.
Another wide-open race can be found in Kennedy’s old 4th Congressional District, which stretches from wealthy Boston suburbs to working-class cities along the Rhode Island border.
Today’s Elections In Massachusetts Are Another Big Test For The Progressive Movement | Nathaniel Rakich (nathaniel.rakich@fivethirtyeight.com) | September 1, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightIndia’s retail industry has become a racetrack for two of the world’s wealthiest men—and one might well be close to the finish line.
Ambani versus Bezos: Who’s winning the battle for India’s $700 billion retail industry | Niharika Sharma | August 31, 2020 | Quartz
A hundred ultra-wealthy liberal and conservative donors have taken over the political system.
Little did I know that Lee had actually been born into a wealthy family.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile | Robert Ward | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn March, police arrested a group of wealthy businessmen and government officials who were about to dine on illegal tiger meat.
Not to those in power, not to the cruel and inhumane, not to the wealthy.
No surprise then that aside from wealthy coastal suburbs, the Democratic base has shrunk to the urban cores and college towns.
The tattered outcast dozes on his bench while the chariot of the wealthy is drawn by.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockIn the courts of princes and wealthy natives the vessels and tubes are lavishly adorned with precious metals.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.And my people shall sit in the beauty of peace, and in the tabernacles of confidence, and in wealthy rest.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousAnd the wealthy class by no means monopolized the bay with their yachts and luxurious launches.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonJames Pulteney, a wealthy English baron, died; whose income was $250,000 per annum.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
British Dictionary definitions for wealthy
/ (ˈwɛlθɪ) /
possessing wealth; affluent; rich
of, characterized by, or relating to wealth
abounding: wealthy in friends
Derived forms of wealthy
- wealthily, adverb
- wealthiness, noun
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