well-off
- having sufficient money for comfortable living; well-to-do.
- in a satisfactory, favorable, or good position or condition: If you have your health, you are well-off.
Origin of well-off
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prosperous, well-to-do, affluent, comfortable, easy, flourishing, flush, fortunate, loaded, lucky, moneyed, rich, snug, substantial, thriving, wellExamples from the Web for well-off
Contemporary Examples of well-off
He was a disgruntled, well-off white boy—so he fuels our arguments about privilege.
Alleged Santa Barbara Killer Elliot Rodger and the Twisted Cult of Modern MasculinityJames Poulos
May 26, 2014
The victims, in both cases, were neither white nor well-off financially.
D.H. Lawrence wrestled with the discontent of well-off people in his dark fable, “The Rocking-Horse Winner.”
The shortages affect both the poor and the well-off, in surprising ways.
And if the deal paves the way for tax reform, the well-off could likely see some cherished deductions eliminated or capped.
Historical Examples of well-off
I suppose poor relations are boring if you're well-off yourself.
Jan and Her JobL. Allen Harker
Her folks was well-off and she was brought up in cotton wool, as you might say.
Fair HarborJoseph Crosby Lincoln
It is just as applicable, I believe, to the educated and the well-off.
Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2)Sir Leslie Stephen
They will have a young, well-off man instead of an old, poor man.
The Curate in ChargeMargaret Oliphant
Being the only well-off member of her family, she was expected to do this sort of thing.
A Likely StoryWilliam De Morgan
well-off
- in a comfortable or favourable position or state
- financially well provided for; moderately rich