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monied

monied

5 6.1
Having a lot of money
  • adjective
  • /ˈmʌniːd/
  • Formal
: adinerado
  • The new art gallery attracted many monied patrons eager to invest in local artists.
  • monied interests
  • monied class

And we've never had to deal with a monied lobbying group that's about sustaining mass incarceration.

Examples

  • At this point going forward, we begin to have 'monied' interests and politics involved in the picture.

    Blog text (10)

  • In his life now, S.L. is young and monied, blond and moody.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • However, I would say that the "monied interests" are the elected officials themselves.

    Blog text (20)

  • Also, we cannot forget about the powerful and monied interests of those who sell fossil fuels.

    Blog text (29)

  • The more power the government has, the more the monied interests have to gain by corrupting the system.

    Blog text (10)

  • I'm guessing political and monied interests will prevent that from happening.

    Blog text (22)

  • We can't surrender democracy to the monied elite or allow it to be purchased or stolen from us.

    Blog text (31)

  • Your comment is a vivid example of the oppositional bias the monied elite like to see in the electorate.

    Blog text (30)

  • Nonetheless, a volcanic explosion from below is in the making that could topple the edifice of monied power and coercion.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Extra tables were jockeyed to accommodate the crush of monied trendies, impressionable critics, and other essential parasites.

    Fiction book (1995)

Synonyms

rich
vsmonied
∞ 1.0

Having a lot of money and valuable things

focuses on having money rather than on luxury or opulence
wealthy
vsmonied
520 2.5

Having a lot of money and many expensive things

has the same meaning but is a different lexical form
prosperous
vsmonied
83 4.1

Doing well and having a lot of money

focuses narrowly on possession of money rather than general success
well-heeled
vsmonied
11 7.2

Having a lot of money

refers simply to possessing a great deal of money
in the money
vsmonied
  • Informal
8 5.6

Being rich and able to buy what you want

denotes a stable state of having substantial money rather than a temporary win
moneyed
vsmonied
  • Formal
7 5.7

Having a lot of money

is the same idea but a different single-word adjective
made of money
vsmonied
  • Informal
2 6.2

Having a lot of money

is used neutrally to describe having a great deal of money
super-wealthy
vsmonied
1 4.1

Having much more money than most people

means having a great deal of money but not at extreme levels

Antonyms

poor
∞ 1.0

Having little money or possessions

impoverished
50 6.2

People or places that have very little money and few things they need

How Wealthy

wealthy
520 2.5
monied
  • Formal
5 6.1
well-off
33 3.4
comfortable
107 2.9

Surface Forms

monied positive

Morphology

monied = money (transparent) = money + ed

Formed by 'money' + adjectival '-ed' meaning 'having money'; the meaning is directly predictable though the form shows regular orthographic adjustment (y→i).

Etymology

Monied comes from money plus the ending -ed, which here means 'having'. The word money comes from the Roman name Moneta, a goddess whose temple was where coins were made, so monied simply means 'having a lot of money'.