wealth

[welth]

noun

1. a great quantity or store of money, valuable possessions, property, or other riches.

   the wealth of a city.

2. an abundance or profusion of anything; plentiful amount.

   a wealth of imagery.

   Synonyms: fullness, amplitude, richness

3. Economics.

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

   2. anything that has utility and is capable of being appropriated or exchanged.

4. rich or valuable contents or produce.

   the wealth of the soil.

5. the state of being rich; prosperity; affluence.

   persons of wealth and standing.

   Synonyms: fortune, opulence
   Antonyms: poverty

6. Obsolete.,  happiness.

wealth

/ wɛlθ /

noun

1. a large amount of money and valuable material possessions

2. the state of being rich

3. a great profusion

   a wealth of gifts

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

Other Word Forms

• wealthless adjective
• overwealth noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of wealth¹

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English welth; equivalent to well ¹ + -th ¹; modeled on health

Word History and Origins

Origin of wealth¹

C13 welthe, from _weal ²; related to _well ¹

Example Sentences

He founded an independent wealth advising firm, Elm Wealth, in 2011.

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The last thing clients want is for the wealth they worked so hard for to end up creating disharmony at best, and litigation at worst.

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Is it really necessary to continue paying for advice once you shift from accumulating wealth to preserving it?

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Which means stock prices themselves — the thing everyone obsesses over — contribute about as much to your wealth as the participation trophy you got in Little League.

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UBS said the proposals in their current form would force it to question its future as a leading Swiss bank and global wealth manager in Switzerland.

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