wealthy

English

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Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈwɛlθ.i/
• Rhymes: -ɛlθi

Etymology

wealth +‎ -y

Adjective

wealthy (comparative wealthier or more wealthy, superlative wealthiest or most wealthy)

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

Synonyms

• affluent, prosperous
• See also Wikisaurus:wealthy

Antonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:impoverished

Derived terms

• independently wealthy

Translations

rich

• Arabic: غني (ar) (ghaniy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 富有 (cmn) (fùyǒu), 富的 (cmn) (fù-de)

• Finnish: varakas (fi), äveriäs (fi)
• French: riche (fr), nanti (fr)
• German: wohlhabend (de), reich (de)
• Greek: πλούσιος (el) (ploúsios) , εύπορος (el) (éfporos) 
• Hungarian: gazdag (hu), vagyonos (hu)
• Japanese: 裕福な (ja) (yūfuku-na), 豊かな (ja) (ゆたかな, yutaka-na), 富有な (ja) (ふゆうな, fuyū-na), 金持の (ja) (かねもちの, kanemochi-no)
• Korean: 풍부한 (ko) (pungbuhan)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: دۆڵه‌مه‌ند (ku) (dollemend), خاوه‌ن پاره‌ (ku) (xawen pare)

• Latvian: turīgs (lv), mantīgs (lv)
• Russian: богатый (ru) (bogátyj) , состоятельный (ru) (sostojátel'nyj) , зажиточный (ru) (zažítočnyj) , обеспеченный (ru) (obespéčennyj) 
• Spanish: adinerado (es), rico (es), próspero (es), acomodado (es)
• Swedish: rik (sv)
• Telugu: ధనిక (te) (dhanika), సంపన్న (te) (sampanna)
• Volapük: benolabik (vo), liegik (vo)

abundant

• Finnish: varakas (fi), äveriäs (fi)

• Greek: πλούσιος (el) (ploúsios) 

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: danaroso

See also

• upscale

Noun

wealthy (usually uncountable; plural wealthies)

1. (uncountable, preceded by the)   Rich people.
   • 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19: 

     In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […]  The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra–wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.

2. (countable)   A rich person.
   • 1975 Dec 6, “A Real Presidential Choice Is Being Ignored”, Evening Independent:

     it was possible for a group like the Libertarians to hope that a couple of weakminded wealthies might donate the seed money to get a campaign rolling.

   • 1977 Apr 4, “Public TV Presents miracle Series”, Argus-Press:

     Bernice is a nice, sardonic tale of envy and young wealthies of the pre-flapper era, when a girl who bobbed her hair was thought loose by the flask-bearing blades who tried to get her tight.

   • 2006 Nov 16, “Can the Democrats Deliver?”, Washington Post:

     Ending tax cuts to wealthies would only increase tax revenues by $40 - $60 billion a year - about 20% of current deficit - so it's a waste of time.

Related terms

• wealth
• wealthily
• wealthiness