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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WEALTHY, a. Rich; having large possessions in lands, goods, money or securities, or larger than the generality of men; opulent; affluent. As wealth is a comparative thing, a man may be wealthy in one place, and not so in another. A man may be deemed wealthy in a village, who would not be so considered in London.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value; "an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy corporations" [syn: affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthy]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (wealthier; -est) Date: 15th century 1. having wealth ; very affluent 2. characterized by abundance ; ample Synonyms: see rich • wealthily adverb • wealthiness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (wealthier, wealthiest) having an abundance esp. of money. Derivatives: wealthily adv. wealthiness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wealthy Wealth"y, a. [Compar. Wealthier; superl. Wealthiest.] 1. Having wealth; having large possessions, or larger than most men, as lands, goods, money, or securities; opulent; affluent; rich. A wealthy Hebrew of my tribe. --Shak. Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. --Ps. lxvi. 12. 2. Hence, ample; full; satisfactory; abundant. [R.] The wealthy witness of my pen. --B. Jonson.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(wealthier, wealthiest) Someone who is wealthy has a large amount of money, property, or valuable possessions. ...a wealthy international businessman. = affluent, rich ADJ • The wealthy are people who are wealthy. ...a measure to raise income taxes on the wealthy. = the rich N-PLURAL: the N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Affluent, opulent, rich, moneyed, flush, well-off, well-to-do.

Moby Thesaurus

abounding, abounding in riches, abundant, affluent, all-sufficing, ample, aplenty, big-rich, bottomless, bounteous, bountiful, comfortable, comfortably situated, copious, diffuse, disgustingly rich, easy, effuse, epidemic, exhaustless, extravagant, exuberant, fat, fertile, flush, frightfully rich, full, galore, generous, in clover, in funds, in good case, in luxury, in plenty, in quantity, in the money, independent, independently rich, independently wealthy, inexhaustible, lavish, liberal, loaded, luxuriant, luxurious, made of money, many, maximal, moneyed, much, numerous, on Easy Street, on velvet, oofy, opulent, overflowing, plenitudinous, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, prevailing, prevalent, prodigal, productive, profuse, profusive, prosperous, provided for, rampant, replete, rich, rich as Croesus, rife, riotous, rolling in money, running over, successful, superabundant, teeming, wallowing in wealth, warm, well provided for, well-fixed, well-found, well-furnished, well-heeled, well-off, well-provided, well-stocked, well-to-do, wholesale