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wealthier

wealthier is the comparative form of wealthy.

Meaning of wealthy

Adjective

wealthy (comparative wealthier or more wealthy, superlative wealthiest or most wealthy)

  1. 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...1963, Colin Clark, Australian Hopes and Fears, page 75
  2. Abundant in quality or quantity; profuse.

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Questions about wealthier

What is wealthier the comparative form of?
Wealthier is the comparative form of wealthy.

Words near wealthier in the dictionary

  1. wealthen
  2. wealthens
  3. wealthfare
  4. wealthful
  5. wealthfully
  6. wealthier
  7. wealthies
  8. wealthiest
  9. wealthily
  10. wealthiness
  11. wealthless

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