Meaning of wealthy | Babel Free
ˈwɛl.θiDefinitions
- A certain cultivar of American apple from Minnesota.
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Synonym of rich: the wealthy people of a society or of the world collectively. countable, plural, plural-only, uncountable
- (used with a pl. verb) Rich people considered as a group. Often used with the.
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A rich person. countable, uncommon
- Possessing a large amount of money, land, or other material possessions:affluent, flush, moneyed, rich.
- having much money and/or many possessions; rich. She is a wealthy young widow. ryk غَني، ثَري богат rico bohatý reich rig πλούσιοςrico jõukas ثروتمند varakas richeעשיר धनी bogat gazdag kaya auðugur, ríkur ricco 富んだ 부유한 turtingas bagāts kaya rijkrik, velståendebogaty بډاى، شتمن، غنى rico bogat богатый bohatý premožen bogat rik, förmögen ร่ำรวย zengin, varlıklı 富有的 багатий, заможний امیر giàu có 富有的
- rico-a, acaudalado-a, adinerado-a.
- Having wealth; rich. See Synonyms at rich.
- Marked by abundance: a wealthy land.
- Well supplied: wealthy in compassion.
- possessing wealth; affluent; rich
- of, characterized by, or relating to wealth
- abounding: wealthy in friends.
Equivalents
Examples
“... whether consumption patterns of the wealthy are more or less polluting than those of the poor depends on the contaminant in question.”
“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.”
“F. Scott Fitzgerald never got over Ginevra King's dad reminding him he wasn't a wealthy and needed to aim lower.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Wealthys and McIntoshes are not good bakers.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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