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wealth

wealth

575 1.3
A large amount of money and valuable things that a person or country owns
  • noun
  • /wɛlθ/
: riqueza
  • Many people dream of accumulating wealth through smart investments and savings.
  • household wealth
  • accumulate wealth
  • create wealth

These are great ways to build wealth and they're still possible today.

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Examples

  • What good is gaining wealth but losing your health?

  • If you know how to create wealth, just create wealth.

  • But the real game is, can you create enough wealth to continue?

  • But the real game is can you create enough wealth to continue?

  • Now, why should we be bringing in wealth at this point?

  • But I do believe the way to wealth is to buy assets.

  • So does the urge to gain wealth and power.

  • There are three levels to wealth and this is unfair.

  • These are great ways to build wealth and they're still possible today.

  • Given Saudi Arabia's vast wealth and strategic weakness, such a decision might seem logical.

    Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

assets
vswealth
616 3.0

Valuable things a person or company owns, like money and buildings

refers to the overall abundance rather than separate owned items
fortune
vswealth
510 2.8

A very large amount of money

refers to general ongoing abundance rather than a single large sum
prosperity
vswealth
201 3.7

A time when people or a country have money and success

focuses solely on money and possessions not broader success or wellbeing
finances
vswealth
173 3.3

The money and property a person or company has and manages

describes the general state of having resources not the act of managing them
riches
vswealth
97 1.4

A large amount of money and valuable things

is the more general condition not focused on items alone
means
vswealth
86 3.9

Money or property that someone has

expresses the broader condition rather than emphasis on usable funds or capital
substance
vswealth
17 6.7

A large amount of money or property

describes the general condition rather than specific material or legal resources
affluence
vswealth
14 6.3

A lot of money and valuable things that a person or place has

is used more generally and lacks emphasis on very large amounts
opulence
vswealth
9 7.7

A large amount of money and very expensive things that show wealth

is about having money and resources rather than showing luxurious display
richness
vswealth
3 3.2

A situation of having a lot of money or valuable things

is used more broadly and is not limited to resources
wealthiness
vswealth
1 3.7

Having a lot of money and expensive things like houses or cars

is the standard widely used term rather than a derived or awkward form

Antonyms

∞ 1.3

Not having something you need or want

584 2.0

A situation of having very little money and few things

Compounds

Money or property you receive from family when they die

Money or valuables that someone keeps secret for a long time

9.9

A joking phrase for someone who has a very, very large amount of money

How Wealthy

affluence
14 6.3
riches
97 1.4
wealth
575 1.3
poverty
584 2.0
destitution
7 7.9

Surface Forms

wealth singular
wealths plural

Etymology

Wealth comes from an old English word weal meaning 'well-being' and is related to the everyday word well, so it originally meant being well off; that's why wealth now means having a lot of money or valuable things.