Meaning & use
wealthy
Having a great deal of money, property, or other valuable resources.
See it in a sentence
The wealthy businessman donated millions to build a new hospital.
They lived in a wealthy neighborhood with large houses and gardens.
A note on using this word
Wealthy sounds slightly more formal than rich and is often used in writing about people or communities rather than objects.
Words with a similar meaning
richaffluent
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Words with an opposite meaning
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