wealthy
Possessing financial wealth; rich.
Adjective 2 meanings
Possessing financial wealth; rich.
Abundant in quality or quantity; profuse.
Noun 2 meanings
Synonym of rich: the wealthy people of a society or of the world collectively.
“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.”
A rich person.
“F. Scott Fitzgerald never got over Ginevra King's dad reminding him he wasn't a wealthy and needed to aim lower.”
Etymology
From Middle English welthy, welþi, equivalent to wealth + -y. Cognate with Middle Dutch weldech, weeldech (“magnificent, luscious, lavish”).
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WEALTHY at a glance
WEALTHY has 7 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (W 4 + E 1 + A 1 + L 1 + T 1 + H 4 + Y 4) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,006 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with wealthy
All rhymes- HEALTHY16
- WORTHY15
- SYMPATHY21
- LENGTHY14
- TIMOTHY15
- FILTHY15
- EMPATHY17
- UNHEALTHY18
- TRUSTWORTHY20
- NOTEWORTHY19
- APATHY14
- UNWORTHY17
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- WEALTHS13
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