wealth

[welth]

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noun

a great quantity or store of money, valuable possessions, property, or other riches: the wealth of a city.

an abundance or profusion of anything; plentiful amount: a wealth of imagery.

Economics.

all things that have a monetary or exchange value.
anything that has utility and is capable of being appropriated or exchanged.

rich or valuable contents or produce: the wealth of the soil.

the state of being rich; prosperity; affluence: persons of wealth and standing.

Obsolete. happiness.

Nearby words

Origin of wealth

1200–50; Middle English welth (see well¹, -th¹); modeled on health

SYNONYMS FOR wealth

2. richness, amplitude, fullness. 3a. possessions, assets, goods, property, money. 5. opulence, fortune.

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ANTONYMS FOR wealth

5. poverty.

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Related formswealth·less, adjectiveo·ver·wealth, noun

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Examples from the Web for wealth

The second, and perhaps more surprising, is the wealth of human capital already existent in the region.
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He turns a visit to a prefab home emporium into a meditation on wealth as a path to spiritual legitimacy.
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Force senators, their spouses and their immediate family to report their wealth down to the last dollar and cent.
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For Reid, wealth accumulation has come from a steady diet of land deals and playing the market.
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No one cared too closely to inquire into the sources of wealth.
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As the wealth of the leading planters increased they gradually surrounded themselves with elegant homes and sumptuous furnishings.
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I had always figured the inside of the Pillar House as full of treasures, for they told tales of the old whaler's wealth.
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To bring Torella to my feet—to possess my Juliet in spite of him—all this my wealth could easily achieve.
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The craving for wealth was in their hearts, rendering them blind to everything else.
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British Dictionary definitions for wealth

wealth

noun

a large amount of money and valuable material possessions

the state of being rich

a great profusiona wealth of gifts

economics all goods and services with monetary, exchangeable, or productive value

Derived Formswealthless, adjective

Word Origin for wealth

C13 welthe, from weal ²; related to well 1

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Word Origin and History for wealth

wealth

mid-13c., "happiness," also "prosperity in abundance of possessions or riches," from Middle English wele "well-being" (see weal (n.1)) on analogy of health.