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.
1. all things that have a monetary or exchange value.
2. 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.

Origin of wealth

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

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

Synonyms for wealth

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

Antonyms for wealth

5. poverty.

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Related Words for wealth

abundance, prosperity, revenue, richness, treasure, riches, cash, security, property, affluence, worth, profusion, cache, estate, pelf, dough, copiousness, velvet, gold, means

Examples from the Web for wealth

Contemporary Examples of wealth

The second, and perhaps more surprising, is the wealth of human capital already existent in the region.
The Rustbelt Roars Back From the Dead
Joel Kotkin, Richey Piiparinen
December 7, 2014
Why have educational outcomes so stubbornly flat-lined in the face of this wealth of educational resources?
How a GOP Senate Can Help the Poor
Veronique de Rugy
November 23, 2014
He turns a visit to a prefab home emporium into a meditation on wealth as a path to spiritual legitimacy.
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Steve Almond
November 14, 2014
Force senators, their spouses and their immediate family to report their wealth down to the last dollar and cent.
A Conservative Explains Why The GOP Could Lose
Bill Whalen
November 2, 2014
For Reid, wealth accumulation has come from a steady diet of land deals and playing the market.
A Conservative Explains Why The GOP Could Lose
Bill Whalen
November 2, 2014

Historical Examples of wealth

It had been folly enough while he believed that she stood ready to accept him and his wealth.
The Spenders
Harry Leon Wilson
Wealth is not inimical to welfare; it ought to be its friendliest agency.
United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches
Various
They are the volunteers, the owner-drivers of the Corps, many of them men of wealth and title.
Ballads of a Bohemian
Robert W. Service
He spoke with the sureness of a man of wealth, confident that money will salve any wound.
Within the Law
Marvin Dana
She tries to deceive Caesar as to her wealth, and is shamed by her treasurer Seleucus.
The Man Shakespeare
Frank Harris

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

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.