Definition of WEALTHY

wealthy

Plural: wealthies

Adjective Satellite

  • having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
    • "wealthy corporations"

Adj

  • Possessing financial wealth; rich.
  • Abundant in quality or quantity; profuse.

Noun

  • Synonym of rich: the wealthy people of a society or of the world collectively.
  • A rich person.

Adjective

  • Having a great deal of money, resources, or possessions.

Examples

  • F. Scott Fitzgerald never got over Ginevra King's dad reminding him he wasn't a wealthy and needed to aim lower.
  • Playing ’WEALTHY’ on a triple word score made his opponents envy his letter draw.
  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English welthy, welþi, equivalent to wealth + -y. Cognate with Middle Dutch weldech, weeldech (“magnificent, luscious, lavish”).

Synonyms

affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed, bow-legged wi' brass, comfortably off, filthy rich, minted, moneybags, of means, oofy, rich, rich as Croesus, rolling, rolling in dough, rolling in it, upper crust, wealthy, well off, well-endowed, well-heeled, well-to-do

Antonyms

impoverished, poor

Scrabble Score: 16

wealthy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
wealthy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wealthy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

wealthy: valid Words With Friends Word