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wealthy.

Possessing financial wealth; rich.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈwɛl.θi/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈʋɛːl.d̪iː/India, North/ˈʋɛːl.t̪hiː/India, North/ˈʋel.d̪iː/India, South
  1. Possessing financial wealth; rich.

  2. Abundant in quality or quantity; profuse.

Where this word comes from

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

noun/ˈwɛl.θi/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈʋɛːl.d̪iː/India, North/ˈʋɛːl.t̪hiː/India, North/ˈʋel.d̪iː/India, South
  1. Synonym of rich: the wealthy people of a society or of the world collectively.

    countable · plural · plural-only · uncountable
    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.
  2. A rich person.

    countable · uncommon
    F. Scott Fitzgerald never got over Ginevra King's dad reminding him he wasn't a wealthy and needed to aim lower.
Where this word comes from

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

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