wealth
/wɛlθ/
wealth noun: riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.
Noun
wealth (countable and uncountable, plural wealths)
- Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.
- Money talks, but true wealth whispers.
- The existence of many nations and national characters is part of the cultural wealth of mankind, and there is no reason to seek to diminish their number.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...
- A great amount; an abundance or plenty.
- She brings a wealth of knowledge to the project.
- There is a wealth of carved wood inside: from pulpit to pews, screens to lectern, and a large medieval chest made from a hollowed-out log of bog-oak with a massive lid.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 269, about a church in Lower Peover
- Prosperity; well-being; happiness.
- I once did lend my body for his wealth, / Which, but for him that had your husband's ring, / Had quite miscarried: […]c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 10:24
wealth meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
wealth in Hindi
- riches; valuable material possessions
- धन dhan, संपत्ति sampatti
- great amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- संपन्न sampann, समृद्ध samŕddh
wealth in Tamil
- செல்வம், சொத்து, வளம், ஐசுவரியம்
wealth in Marathi
- wealth, fortune
- श्री śrī
- wealth, riches
- दौलत daulat, संपदा sampadā
- wealth, net worth
- संपत्ती sampattī
wealth in Urdu
- riches; valuable material possessions
- ثَرْوَت sarvat, دَھن dhan, دَولَت daulat
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- wealth in Bengali
- ধন dhon, সম্পত্তি śompotti
- wealth in Telugu
- ఐశ్వర్యము aiśvaryamu, ధనము dhanamu
- wealth in Malayalam
- സമ്പത്ത് sampattŭ
- wealth in Kannada
- ಧನ dhana, ದೌಲತ್ತು daulattu, ಅರ್ಥ artha
- wealth in Punjabi
- ਧਨ dhan, ਦੌਲਤ daulat, ਅਰਥ arath, جیداد jaidād
- wealth in Gujarati
- દોલત dolat, ધન dhan, ચાંદી cāndī, શ્રી śrī
- wealth in Odia
- ସମ୍ପତ୍ତି sampatti, ପଇସା paisā, ଲାଭ lābha, ବୃଦ୍ଧି bruddhi
- wealth in Sanskrit
- धन्य dhánya
- wealth in Nepali
- अर्थ artha
- wealth in Pashto
- ثروت sarwát, دارايي dārāyí, دولت dawlát
- wealth in Tagalog
- yaman
- wealth in Arabic
- أَمْوَال ʔamwāl, ثَرْوَة ṯarwa
- wealth in Malay
- kekayaan
- wealth in Thai
- ความรวย kwaam-ruai, ความมั่งคั่ง kwaam-mâng-kâng, ธน ton
- wealth in Vietnamese
- tài phúc, sự giàu có
- wealth in Myanmar
- ဓန dha.na., စည်းစိမ် cany:cim, ဘောဂ bhau:ga.
Examples of wealth in a sentence
- Membership of this golf club is limited to those of quality and wealth.
- Some think to tax wealth is destructive of a private sector.
- Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.
Synonyms of wealth
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Antonyms
Forms of wealth
| plural | wealths |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | wealthe |
| alternative form (obsolete) | welth |
| alternative form (obsolete) | welthe |
Origin of wealth
Inherited from Middle English welth, welthe (“happiness, prosperity”), from Old English *welþ, *welþu, from Proto-West Germanic *waliþu (“wealth”). Alternatively, possibly an alteration (due to similar words in -th: compare helth (“health”), derth (“dearth”)) of wele (“wealth, well-being, weal”), from Old English wela (“wealth, prosperity”), from Proto-Germanic *walô (“well-being, prosperity”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“good, best”); equivalent to weal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with West Frisian wielde (“wealth”), Dutch weelde (“wealth”), Low German Weelde (“wealth”), Old High German welida, welitha (“wealth”). Related also to German Wohl (“welfare, well-being, weal”), Danish vel (“weal, welfare”), Swedish väl (“well-being, weal”). More at weal, well.
Words formed from wealth
- bookshelf wealth
- bridewealth
- cattlewealth
- commonwealth
- cultural wealth
- generational wealth
- health is wealth
- health is your first wealth
- megawealth
- overwealth
- redistribution of wealth
- roll in wealth
- self-made wealth
- sovereign wealth fund
- stealth wealth
- superwealth
- unwealth
- wealthen
- wealthfare
- wealthful
- wealthfully
- wealthily
- wealthiness
- wealthless
- wealthlessness
- wealthmaker
- wealthmaking
- wealthmonger
- wealth tax
- wealthy
- wealthyish
Phrases with wealth
Words that rhyme with wealth
Questions about wealth
- What does wealth mean?
- Wealth means riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.
- What is wealth in Hindi?
- Wealth in Hindi is धन (dhan), संपत्ति (sampatti), संपन्न (sampann). See Wealth meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is wealth?
- Wealth is a noun.
- How do you pronounce wealth?
- Wealth is pronounced /wɛlθ/.
- What is the plural of wealth?
- The plural of wealth is wealths.
Words near wealth in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wealth (page history and authors); wealth (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); दौलत (Marathi) (page history and authors); ಅರ್ಥ (Kannada) (page history and authors); جیداد (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ચાંદી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ପଇସା (Odia) (page history and authors); अर्थ (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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