wealth

[ welth ]
/ wɛlθ /
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noun

a great quantity or store of money, valuable possessions, property, or other riches: the wealth of a city.
an abundance or profusion of anything; plentiful amount: a wealth of imagery.
Economics.
  1. all things that have a monetary or exchange value.
  2. anything that has utility and is capable of being appropriated or exchanged.
rich or valuable contents or produce: the wealth of the soil.
the state of being rich; prosperity; affluence: persons of wealth and standing.
Obsolete. happiness.

Origin of wealth

1200–50; Middle English welth (see well1, -th1); modeled on health

SYNONYMS FOR wealth

2 richness, amplitude, fullness.
3a possessions, assets, goods, property, money.
5 opulence, fortune.
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OTHER WORDS FROM wealth

wealth·less, adjective o·ver·wealth, noun

Words nearby wealth

weakling, weakly, weakness, weal, weald, wealth, wealth tax, wealthy, wean, weaner, weanling

Words related to wealth

abundance, prosperity, revenue, richness, treasure, riches, cash, security, property, affluence, worth, profusion, cache, estate, pelf, dough, copiousness, velvet, gold, means

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British Dictionary definitions for wealth

wealth
/ (wɛlθ) /

noun

a large amount of money and valuable material possessions
the state of being rich
a great profusion a wealth of gifts
economics all goods and services with monetary, exchangeable, or productive value

Derived forms of wealth

wealthless, adjective

Word Origin for wealth

C13 welthe, from weal ²; related to well 1