[ US /ˈwɛɫθi/ ]
[ UK /wˈɛlθi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
    moneyed aristocrats
    a substantial family
    wealthy corporations
    a speculator flush with cash
    an affluent banker
    not merely rich but loaded
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How To Use wealthy In A Sentence

  • On paper, we're a one-person-one-vote nation; in reality, we're more than a bit of an oligarchy, in which a handful of wealthy people dominate.
  • With the usual prerogative of the wealthy classes, he tended to choose doctors with a reputation for having studied some topics in greater detail than usual.
  • Very wealthy people don't like to be questioned about whether they can support a cheque. Times, Sunday Times
  • They come from a privileged/wealthy background.
  • Very slowly or moderately it was rising, and I thought I was at the estate of a wealthy person for the architecture was very expensive looking.
  • The poor litigant will wait for the somnolescent process and leisurely pronouncement and the wealthy litigant will have his case speedily terminated. The Hindu - Front Page
  • The watertight rooms, costing from £500 a night up to £3,000 for a suite, are aimed at wealthy travellers who want a unique holiday experience.
  • At first the duo live in a manner that befits a pair of wealthy American socialites. The Sun
  • Richard and his friends, he reminds us constantly, are wealthy, beautiful, aloof from the slings and arrows of dowdiness and paying bills and slogging it out in monotonous jobs.
  • Wealthy people buy the houses from the Trust, employ builders to do the restoration and move in when all is ready.
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