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well-off

well-off is the alternative spelling of well off.

Meaning of well off

Adjective

well off (comparative better off or more well off, superlative best off or most well off)

  1. Of a person: in fortunate circumstances, especially having financial security, at any level from intermediate (comfortably off) to high (wealthy).
    • Near-synonyms: well-endowed, wealthy; see also Thesaurus:wealthy
  2. (archaic, dialectal) Of a person or thing: in a good position or circumstance.
    • He would be well off if he would simply quit this place and never look back.
    Synonyms:
    doing well

Antonyms of well-off

Forms of well-off

comparativebetter-off
comparativemore well-off
superlativebest-off
superlativemost well-off

Words formed from well-off

Questions about well-off

What is well-off the alternative spelling of?
Well-off is the alternative spelling of well off.

Words near well-off in the dictionary

  1. well-merited
  2. well-minded
  3. well-near
  4. well-nigh
  5. well-nourished
  6. well-off
  7. well-offness
  8. well-oiled
  9. well-oiled machine
  10. well-oiled machines
  11. well-order

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Adapted from Wiktionary: well-off (page history and authors); well off (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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