wealthy
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wealthy¹
- /ˈwɛl.θi/ US, UK
- /ˈʋɛːl.d̪iː/ India, North
- /ˈʋɛːl.t̪hiː/ India, North
- /ˈʋel.d̪iː/ India, South
- /ˈʋel.t̪(h)iː/ India, South
Rhymes with -ɛlθi
Where it comes from
From Middle English welthy, welþi, equivalent to wealth + -y. Cognate with Middle Dutch weldech, weeldech (“magnificent, luscious, lavish”).
adjective wealthier · more wealthy · wealthiest · most wealthy
- Possessing financial wealth; rich. As a result of these causes the grazier marks himself off fairly sharply from the rest of Australia. He has always spent a considerable proportion of the time in the capital cities, in each of which he has formed a club to which, besides the graziers, only a few of the wealthiest and most prominent
- Abundant in quality or quantity; profuse.
Similar: bow-legged wi' brass, comfortably off, filthy rich, loaded, fat, minted, moneyed, moneybags, of means, oofy, rich, rich as Croesus, rolling, rolling in dough, rolling in it, upper crust, wealthy, well-endowed, well-heeled, well off, well-to-do · Opposite: impoverished, poor
noun wealthies
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Synonym of rich: the wealthy people of a society or of the world collectively.
... whether consumption patterns of the wealthy are more or less polluting than those of the poor depends on the contaminant in question.
Similar: rich
- A rich person. F. Scott Fitzgerald never got over Ginevra King's dad reminding him he wasn't a wealthy and needed to aim lower.
Similar: moneybags
Wealthy²
Where it comes from
Named by Peter Gideon (1820–1899), creator of the cultivar, after his wife, Wealthy (Hull) Gideon.
noun Wealthys · Wealthies
- A certain cultivar of American apple from Minnesota. Wealthys and McIntoshes are not good bakers.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: rich, affluent, moneyed, loaded, flush, well-endowed, well-to-do, riches, richness, wealth, prosperous, well-off, flourishing, thriving, valuable, riche
adjective
Similar: bow-legged wi' brass, comfortably off, filthy rich, loaded, fat, minted, moneyed, moneybags, of means, oofy, rich, rich as Croesus, rolling, rolling in dough, rolling in it, upper crust, wealthy, well-endowed, well-heeled, well off, well-to-do · Opposite: impoverished, poor
noun
Similar: moneybags
Translations
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adj rich
| Español | adinerado, rico, próspero, acomodado, ficho, fichudo |
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| 한국어 | 풍부한 pungbuhan |
| 日本語 | 裕福な yūfuku na, 豊かな yutaka na, 富有な fuyū na, 金持の kanemochi no |
| 中文 | 富有 fùyǒu, 富裕 fùyù |
| हिन्दी | अमीर amīr, धनी dhanī, संपन्न sampann |
| Português | rico |
| Français | riche, nanti |
| Deutsch | wohlhabend, reich |
| Italiano | benestante, abbiente, agiato, facoltoso, denaroso, danaroso |
| Ελληνικά | εύπορος éfporos, πλούσιος ploúsios |
| Română | bogat, avut |
| Русский | бога́тый bogátyj, состоя́тельный sostojátelʹnyj, зажи́точный zažítočnyj, обеспе́ченный obespéčennyj |
| Tiếng Việt | giàu |
| العربية | غَنِيّ ḡaniyy |
| עברית | אָמִיד amíd |
Talk about this word "wealthy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/wealthy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. wealthy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/wealthy "wealthy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/wealthy.Cite this
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title = {wealthy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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