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well heeled

well heeled is the alternative form of well-heeled.

Meaning of well-heeled

Adjective

well-heeled (comparative more well-heeled, superlative most well-heeled)

  1. (colloquial) Affluent, prosperous, or even (of the highest degree) rich.
    • Near-synonyms: well-endowed, wealthy; see also Thesaurus:wealthy

Forms of well heeled

comparativemore well heeled
superlativemost well heeled

Questions about well heeled

What is well heeled the alternative form of?
Well heeled is the alternative form of well-heeled.

Words near well heeled in the dictionary

  1. well end
  2. well fed
  3. well firmed
  4. well flowering
  5. well found
  6. well heeled
  7. well horned
  8. well hung
  9. well I never
  10. well in good
  11. well known

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