well-heeled

well-heeled meaning in Kannada and Thai

Examples of well-heeled in a sentence

• The world changes, consumerism marches on, and things once considered luxuries for the well-heeled are now taken for granted by us all — homes with 2½ bathrooms, air travel, cars with power windows.2019 April 10, Adrian Higgins, “This florist started caring for ailing orchids on the side. He’s now babysitting 13,000.”, in The...
• Mum had worked there as a teenager and once recalled her duty of having to meet the charabancs that brought the well-heeled to the baths from Droitwich station before the war.2023 February 22, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 977, page 71:

Synonyms of well-heeled

• well off
• comfortably off
• comfortable
• well-endowed
• wealthy
• bow-legged wi' brass
• filthy rich
• loaded
• fat
• minted

Antonyms

• badly off
• ill off
• almsless
• arm
• bankrupt
• beggared
• beggarly
• boracic
• broke
• broken

All synonyms and antonyms of well-heeled

Forms of well-heeled

Origin of well-heeled

Originally American English, from a literal use in cockfighting: a well-heeled cock was provided with sharp spurs and could inflict maximum damage. From this developed the American frontier slang sense of being well-equipped, and thence the modern sense of being well supplied with money.

Questions about well-heeled

What does well-heeled mean?

Well-heeled means affluent, prosperous, or even (of the highest degree) rich.

What is well-heeled in Kannada?

Well-heeled in Kannada is ಶ್ರೀಮಂತ, ಸಿರಿವಂತನಾದ. See Well-heeled meaning in Kannada.

How do you use well-heeled in a sentence?

The world changes, consumerism marches on, and things once considered luxuries for the well-heeled are now taken for granted by us all — homes with 2½ bathrooms, air travel, cars with power windows.

What part of speech is well-heeled?

Well-heeled is an adjective.