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wealth

wealth

507 1.3
A large amount of money and valuable things that a person or country owns
  • noun
  • /wɛlθ/
translation icon : 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

fortune
vswealth
453 2.8

A very large amount of money

refers to general ongoing abundance rather than a single large sum
means
vswealth
255 3.9

Money or property that someone has

expresses the broader condition rather than emphasis on usable funds or capital
prosperity
vswealth
195 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
157 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
substance
vswealth
103 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
riches
vswealth
5 1.4

A large amount of money and valuable things

is the more general condition not focused on items alone
richness
vswealth
4 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
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
assets
vswealth
3.0

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

refers to the overall abundance rather than separate owned items

Antonyms

1.3

Not having something you need or want

550 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
5 1.4
wealth
507 1.3
poverty
550 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.