wealthy /ˈwɛl.θi/adjective 2noun 2forms 5 adjective2 •rich, having much more money and property than most peopleAs people stall feed through the years, or if they are wealthier to begin with, the money is used to build houses and buy metal roof sheets, or to buy bicycles, ox-carts and breeding cows. — 1984 •Abundant in quality or quantity; profuse. noun2 •A rich person.F. Scott Fitzgerald never got over Ginevra King's dad reminding him he wasn't a wealthy and needed to aim lower. •[plural only] Synonym of rich: the wealthy people of a society or of the world collectively.The wealthy pay most of the taxes but the uberwealthy hardly pay any at all: they hold stock and property and live off debt borrowed against that collateral. formswealthies · more wealthy · wealthier · most wealthy · wealthiest
Wealthy noun1 •A certain cultivar of American apple from Minnesota.Wealthys and McIntoshes are not good bakers. — 1975 formsWealthies · Wealthys