well off
well off adjective: of a person: in fortunate circumstances, especially having financial security, at any level from intermediate (comfortably off) to high (wealthy).
Adjective
well off (comparative better off or more well off, superlative best off or most well off)
- 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
- He is very well off as a result of his stock portfolio containing some big winners over the years.
- Synonyms:
- well-heeled, comfortable, well-endowed, wealthy, bow-legged wi' brass, comfortably off, filthy rich, loaded, fat, minted
- 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.
- When Lord Carhampton's strong measures came into operation, and the people found him act in so arbitrary a manner, there was not, in a fortnight after, almost one shopkeeper in Dublin who was not regularly sworn, and had not taken the oath of the United Irishmen. He was in fact their agent and...1876 February 19, “Grattan and Ninety-eight”, in The Shamrock, volume 13, page 333
- Synonyms:
- doing well
well off meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Persian
well off in Tamil
- நன்னிலையில், நல்ல நிலையிலுள்ள
well off in Malayalam
- well-to-do, moneyed, wealthy
- നല്ലനിലയിലുള്ള, സുസ്ഥിതിയുള്ള, സുഖജീവിതം നയിക്കുന്ന, സമ്പന്ന, നല്ല സാമ്പത്തികസ്ഥിതിയുള്ള, കാലക്ഷേപത്തിനു വകയുള്ള
- lucky, fortunate, comfortable
- ഭാഗ്യമുള്ള, ധന്യ, പുണ്യ, ഭവ്യ, ഭാഗ്യ, വിജയമുള്ള
- well supplied with, well stocked with, well furnished with
- നല്ല സുഖസൗകര്യങ്ങളുള്ള, ആവശ്യമായ സംഭാരങ്ങളുള്ള, സുവിഹിത, വിഭവസൗകര്യങ്ങളുള്ള, വേണ്ടതെല്ലാം സജ്ജീകരിച്ചുവച്ചിട്ടുള്ള, സാധനസാമഗ്രികൾകൊണ്ടു നിറച്ച
well off in Persian
- being in fortunate circumstances
- دارا dârâ
Examples of well off in a sentence
- Berwick thought he would be well off if he got safe out of the house.1876 February 19, “Grattan and Ninety-eight”, in The Shamrock, volume 13, page 333:
- He seems to think that he would be well off if he could be entirely free from them.1966, Edward Willis Scripps, edited by Oliver Knight, I Protest: Selected Disquisitions of E. W. Scripps, University of Wisconsin Press...
Synonyms of well off
- well-heeled
- comfortable
- well-endowed
- wealthy
- bow-legged wi' brass
- comfortably off
- filthy rich
- loaded
- fat
- minted
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Antonyms
10 more antonymsFewer antonyms
Forms of well off
| comparative | better off |
|---|---|
| comparative | more well off |
| superlative | best off |
| superlative | most well off |
| alternative form | well-off |
Questions about well off
- What does well off mean?
- Well off means of a person: in fortunate circumstances, especially having financial security, at any level from intermediate (comfortably off) to high (wealthy).
- What is well off in Tamil?
- Well off in Tamil is நன்னிலையில், நல்ல நிலையிலுள்ள. See Well off meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use well off in a sentence?
- Berwick thought he would be well off if he got safe out of the house.
- What part of speech is well off?
- Well off is an adjective.
Words near well off in the dictionary
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