Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, plural, plural only, uncountable)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.

  2. (countable, uncommon)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.

Examples

429 sentences
  1. Tom comes from a wealthy family.

    Том походить з заможної родини. — Anjy

    ruТом из богатой семьи. — marafon

    deTom stammt aus einer wohlhabenden Familie. — wolfgangth

  2. I know that Tom is wealthy.

    Я знаю, що Том багатий. — deniko

  3. I think that Tom is wealthy.

    Мені здається, Том багатий. — deniko

  4. Tom isn't as wealthy as I am.

    Том не такий заможний, як я. — miketheknight

  5. Tom is a very wealthy man.

    Том дуже заможна людина. — deniko

    ruТом очень богатый человек. — Karok

    deTom ist ein sehr wohlhabender Mann. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Origin

From Middle English welthy, welþi, equivalent to wealth + -y. Cognate with Middle Dutch we

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

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Forms

plural: wealthies
Singularwealthy
Pluralwealthies

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Collocations

9 patterns
  • wealthy man
  • a very wealthy
  • a wealthy man
  • is a wealthy
  • very wealthy man
  • wealthy family
  • to be wealthy
  • wealthy guy
  • seem wealthy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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