'Wealth' definitions:
Definition of 'wealth'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money; "great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence" [syn: wealth, wealthiness] [ant: impoverishment, poorness, poverty]
noun
The quality of profuse abundance; "she has a wealth of talent"
noun
An abundance of material possessions and resources [syn: wealth, riches]
noun
Property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value
Definition of 'Wealth'
From: GCIDE
- Wealth \Wealth\, n. [OE. welthe, from wele; cf. D. weelde luxury. See Weal prosperity.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Weal; welfare; prosperity; good. [Obs.] "Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth." --1 Cor. x. 24. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches. [1913 Webster]
- I have little wealth to lose. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Each day new wealth, without their care, provides. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Wealth comprises all articles of value and nothing else. --F. A. Walker. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Econ.) (a) In the private sense, all property which has a money value. (b) In the public sense, all objects, esp. material objects, which have economic utility. (c) Those energies, faculties, and habits directly contributing to make people industrially efficient; in this sense, specifically called personal wealth. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Active wealth. See under Active. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Riches; affluence; opulence; abundance. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wealth'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abundance,
- affluence,
- ample sufficiency,
- ampleness,
- amplitude,
- assessed valuation,
- assets,
- assets and liabilities,
- avalanche,
- bed of roses,
- bonanza,
- bountifulness,
- bountiousness,
- bumper crop,
- capital,
- capital gains,
- circumstances,
- cleanup,
- clear profit,
- clover,
- comfort,
- copiousness,
- current assets,
- deferred assets,
- dividends,
- earnings,
- ease,
- easy circumstances,
- Easy Street,
- estate,
- extravagance,
- exuberance,
- felicity,
- fertility,
- filthy lucre,
- fixed assets,
- fleshpots,
- flood,
- flow,
- foison,
- fortune,
- frozen assets,
- full measure,
- fullness,
- funds,
- gain,
- gains,
- generosity,
- generousness,
- get,
- gettings,
- gleanings,
- goods,
- gracious life,
- gracious living,
- great abundance,
- great plenty,
- gross,
- gross profit,
- gush,
- happiness,
- hoard,
- holdings,
- income,
- intangible assets,
- intangibles,
- interest,
- killing,
- landslide,
- lap of luxury,
- lavishness,
- liberality,
- liberalness,
- life of ease,
- liquid assets,
- loaves and fishes,
- lots,
- lucre,
- luxuriance,
- luxury,
- makings,
- material assets,
- maximum,
- mean,
- means,
- more than enough,
- much,
- myriad,
- myriads,
- neat profit,
- net,
- net assets,
- net profit,
- net worth,
- numerousness,
- opulence,
- opulency,
- outpouring,
- overflow,
- paper profits,
- pelf,
- percentage,
- perk,
- perks,
- perquisite,
- pickings,
- plenitude,
- plenteousness,
- plentifulness,
- plenty,
- possessions,
- prevalence,
- proceeds,
- prodigality,
- productiveness,
- profit,
- profits,
- profuseness,
- profusion,
- property,
- prosperity,
- prosperousness,
- quantities,
- quick assets,
- rake-off,
- receipts,
- repleteness,
- repletion,
- resources,
- return,
- returns,
- rich harvest,
- rich vein,
- riches,
- richness,
- riot,
- riotousness,
- scads,
- security,
- shower,
- spate,
- stock,
- stock-in-trade,
- store,
- stream,
- substance,
- substantiality,
- substantialness,
- success,
- superabundance,
- take,
- take-in,
- tangible assets,
- tangibles,
- teemingness,
- the affluent life,
- the good life,
- thriving condition,
- upward mobility,
- velvet,
- weal,
- welfare,
- well-being,
- winnings,
- worth