• Wealthy

    Pronunciation

    • US IPA: /ˈwÉ›lθ.i/
    • Rhymes: -É›lθi

    Origin

    wealth + -y

    Full definition of wealthy

    Adjective

    wealthy

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

    Antonyms

    Noun

    wealthy

    (usually uncountable; plural wealthies)
    1. (uncountable, preceded by the)   Rich people.
      • 2013-05-17, George Monbiot, Money just makes the rich suffer, 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, 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, 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?, 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.
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