rich(MONEY)

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

having a lot of money
richShe's one of the richest women in the country.
wealthyOliver's parents are very wealthy.
well offAfter years of working hard, we are now quite well off.
loadedThey don't have any money worries - they're loaded.
flushHe's flush with cash.
He had some mercenary scheme to marry a wealthy widow.他有个贪财的计划，想娶个有钱的寡妇。
For such a famous, wealthy man, his personal life was surprisingly simple and ordinary.这样一个如此出名和富有的人，其个人生活却简单和平凡得令人惊讶。
As a wealthy businessman, he couldn't even begin to imagine real poverty.作为一个富裕的商人，他难以想象真正的贫穷是什么样子。
The play tells the story of a fabulously wealthy woman who seeks revenge on her heartless seducer.
A lot of wealthy people have their own personal trainer.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Rich and wealthy
advantaged
affluence
bankability
bazillionaire
be rolling in itidiom
comfortably
fat
filthy
get-rich-quick
Midas
not be short of a bob or twoidiom
quid
self-supporting
sit
solvent
super-rich
ultra-rich
wealthily
well endowed
well heeled
wealthy
noun[ plural ]
uk /ˈwel.θi/ us /ˈwel.θi/
 the wealthy
rich people有钱人
the rich

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Rich people
advantaged
baller
beautiful
champagne socialist
deb
elite
gilded
magnate
millionairess
multi-millionairess
nouveau riche
preppy
scion
socialite
squattocracy
squillionaire
tax exile
the beautiful peopleidiom
the jet set
yuppify

wealthy | Business English

wealthy
adjective
uk /ˈwelθi/us
rich:
a wealthy businessman/country/investor
wealthy
noun
uk /ˈwelθi/us
 the wealthy[ plural ]
rich people:
The money will come from additional taxes on the wealthy.

Examples of wealthy

wealthy
To compensate for differences in monetary resources across election years, each candidate's receipts were divided by the wealthiest candidate's receipts for that year and party.
Developing countries face considerable disadvantages in trade disputes with their more powerful and wealthier counterparts.
Although assemblages should be influenced by proximity to pottery sources, the highest-quality items should gravitate to the wealthiest or higher-status households.
Developing countries face practical constraints to challenging wealthier trading partners, such as limited legal and financial resources.
The location of the wealthiest people living in the town supports these initial impressions.
Table 4 indicated that wealthier households were more likely to earn wage income, and especially to access the high-wage end of the labour market.
If, ceteris paribus, the yield effect prevails, poor farmers will sequester more carbon than wealthier farmers.
If someone is na-chara (very poor), they procure loans (qarz) from village shopkeepers, wealthier relatives, and neighbours.
Because ex-askaris were often the wealthiest men of marrying age in their communities, they were the only suitors able to pay inflated bride prices.
Such constructions were generally the preserve of the wealthier families in a parish.
Within ten years he has become one of the wealthiest men in the village.
In general, these are wealthier individuals who can more easily afford the luxury of insurance coverage and who want to avoid the risk of catastrophe.
The last two rows provide information for the very wealthiest percentiles.
The tax base grew through a redistribution of the wealthier publiceducation students into the private education system where they accumulated greater amounts of human capital.
The above changes also mean that the wealthier retirees face less risk than they were facing before the adjustment in the government pension portfolio.
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