wealthy
/ˈwɛl.θi/
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India/ˈʋɛːl.d̪iː/
wealthy adjective: possessing financial wealth; rich.
Adjective
wealthy (comparative wealthier or more wealthy, superlative wealthiest or 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...1963, Colin Clark, Australian Hopes and Fears, page 75
- As people stall feed through the years, or if they are wealthier to begin with, the money is used to build houses and buy metal roof sheets, or to buy bicycles, ox-carts and breeding cows.1984, Cornelia Butler Flora, Animals in the Farming System
- Abundant in quality or quantity; profuse.
Noun (1)
wealthy (countable and uncountable, plural wealthies)
- 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.2009 Oct., Rachel A. Bouvier, "Sulfur Dioxide Emissions and Per Capita Income", Environment & Development Economics, Vol. 14, No. 5
- The wealthy pay most of the taxes but the uberwealthy hardly pay any at all: they hold stock and property and live off debt borrowed against that collateral.
- Synonyms:
- 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.
- it was possible for a group like the Libertarians to hope that a couple of weakminded wealthies might donate the seed money to get a campaign rolling.1975 December 6, “A Real Presidential Choice Is Being Ignored”, in Evening Independent
Noun (2) capitalized: Wealthy
wealthy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
wealthy in Hindi
- rich
- अमीर amīr, धनी dhanī, संपन्न sampann
wealthy in Tamil
- a wealthy or rich man
- செல்வன் celvaṉ
- a wealthy or powerful man
- பிரபு pirapu
wealthy in Marathi
- wealthy, rich, moneyed
- धनिक dhanik
- wealthy, rich, affluent
- धनवान dhanvān
- wealthy, affluent, opulent, prosperous
- संपन्न sampanna
wealthy in Urdu
- rich
- امیر amīr
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- wealthy in Bengali
- উমদা umoda, আঢ্য aḍḍho
- wealthy in Telugu
- ధనిక dhanika, సంపన్న sampanna
- wealthy in Malayalam
- ധനമുളള, സമൃദ്ധിയുളള, ഐശ്വര്യപൂർണ്ണ
- wealthy in Punjabi
- سردار sardār
- wealthy in Gujarati
- ધનિક dhanik
- wealthy in Sanskrit
- धन्य dhánya, धनिक dhanika, ईशान īśāna, रयि rayi
- wealthy in Arabic
- غَنِيّ ḡaniyy
- wealthy in Persian
- پولدار puldâr, ثروتمند servatmand
- wealthy in Thai
- มั่งคั่ง mâng-kâng, มั่งมี mâng-mii, รวย ruai, ร่ำรวย
- wealthy in Vietnamese
- giàu
Examples of wealthy in a sentence
- Over the years, their industry and business sense made them wealthy.
- Under capitalism, the wealthy live off the fat of the land.
- His dislike of the residents of the wealthier neighbourhood was simply inverted snobbery.
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Forms of wealthy
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | wealthier |
| comparative | more wealthy |
| superlative | wealthiest |
| superlative | most wealthy |
| Noun | |
| plural | wealthies |
| plural | Wealthys |
| plural | Wealthies |
Origin of wealthy
From Middle English welthy, welþi, equivalent to wealth + -y. Cognate with Middle Dutch weldech, weeldech (“magnificent, luscious, lavish”).
Named by Peter Gideon (1820–1899), creator of the cultivar, after his wife, Wealthy (Hull) Gideon.
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Questions about wealthy
- What does wealthy mean?
- Wealthy means possessing financial wealth; rich.
- What is wealthy in Hindi?
- Wealthy in Hindi is अमीर (amīr), धनी (dhanī), संपन्न (sampann). See Wealthy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is wealthy?
- Wealthy can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce wealthy?
- Wealthy is pronounced /ˈwɛl.θi/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: wealthy (page history and authors); Wealthy (page history and authors); செல்வன் (Tamil) (page history and authors); धनवान (Marathi) (page history and authors); আঢ্য (Bengali) (page history and authors); wealthy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); سردار (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ધનિક (Gujarati) (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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