| Main Entry: | wealth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money, resources |
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abundance, affluence, assets, belongings, bounty, cache, capital, cash, clover, commodities, copiousness, cornucopia, dough, estate, fortune, funds, gold, goods, hoard, holdings, lap of luxury, long green, lucre, luxuriance, luxury, means, opulence, pelf, plenitude, plenty, possessions, profusion, property, prosperity, prosperousness, revenue, riches, richness, security, stocks and bonds, store, substance, substantiality, treasure, velvet*, worth |
Antonyms: |
lack, need, poverty, want |
| Concept: | Wealth. |
| Category: | 4. Monetary Relations |
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-nouns
wealth, riches, fortune, handsome fortune, opulence, affluence; good circumstances, easy circumstances; independence; competence (sufficiency); solvency., provision, livelihood, maintenance; alimony, dowry; means, resources, substance; property; command of money., income; capital, money; round sum (treasure); mint of money, mine of wealth, El Dorado, bonanza, Pacatolus, Golconda, Potosi., long purse, full purse, well lined purse, heavy purse; purse of Fortunatus; embarras de richesses., pelf, Mammon, lucre, filthy lucre; loaves and fishes., rich man, moneyed man, warm man; man of substance; capitalist, millionaire, tippybob, Nabob, Croesus, idas, Plutus, Dives, Timon of Athens; Timocracy, Plutocracy; Danae.
-verbs
be rich; roll in wealth, roll in riches, wallow in wealth, wallow in riches., afford, well afford; command money, command a sum; make both ends meet, hold one's head above water., become rich; fill one's pocket (treasury) [more]; feather one's nest, make a fortune; make money (acquire)., enrich, imburse., worship Mammon, worship the golden calf.
-adjectives
wealthy, rich, affluent, opulent, moneyed, monied, worth much; well to do, well off; warm; well, well provided for., made of money; rich as Croesus; rolling in riches, rolling in wealth., flush, flush of cash, flush of money, flush of tin; in funds, in cash, in full feather; solvent, pecunious, out of debt, all straight.
-phrases
one's ship coming in.
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Antonyms: |
poverty |
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| Main Entry: | abundance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great amount or supply |
Synonyms: |
affluence, ampleness, bounty, copiousness, fortune, myriad, opulence, plenitude, plenty, plethora, profusion, prosperity, prosperousness, riches, thriving, wealth |
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dearth, deficiency, inadequacy, lack |
| Main Entry: | acquisition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something obtained, received |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, achievement, allowance, annuity, award, benefit, bonus, commission, dividend, donation, earnings, fortune, gain, gift, grant, income, increment, inheritance, net, premium, prize, proceeds, profit, remuneration, return, reward, riches, salary, security, wages, wealth, winnings |
| Notes: | acquisition is a material possession while an acquirement is a personal skill or knowledge that one gains |
| Main Entry: | advantage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | benefit, favored position or circumstance |
Synonyms: |
aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, edge, eminence, expediency, favor, gain, good, gratification, help, hold, improvement, influence, interest, lead, leeway, leg-up, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, pre-eminence, precedence, preference, prestige, prevalence, profit, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, upper hand, utility, wealth |
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disadvantage, drawback, handicap, hindrance, loss, obstacle, restriction |
| Main Entry: | asset(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | property or money possessed |
Synonyms: |
ace in the hole, ace up sleeve, backing, bankroll, budget, capital, credit, equity, estate, funds, goods, holdings, kitty, mattress, means, nest egg, nut*, possessions, rainy day, reserve(s), resources, riches, sock, something put aside, something put away, stake, stash, stuff, valuables, wealth |
Antonyms: |
liability |
| Main Entry: | cache |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hidden supply |
Synonyms: |
accumulation, assets, drop, drop joint, drop-off, fund, hideout, hiding place, hoard, kitty, nest egg, plant, repository, reserve, shade, stake, stash, stockpile, store, storehouse, supplies, treasure, treasury, wealth |
| Main Entry: | capital |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial assets |
Synonyms: |
CD, IRA, business, cash, estate, finances, financing, fortune, funds, gold, interests, investment, kitty, means, money, nest egg, principal, property, resources, savings, stake, stock, substance, treasure, ways and means, wealth, wherewithal |
| Main Entry: | collateral |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | monetary deposit |
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assurance, bond, endorsement, guarantee, pledge, promise, security, surety, warrant, wealth |
| Main Entry: | credit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deferred payment arrangement; assets |
Synonyms: |
balance, bond, capital outlay, continuance, debenture, extension, installment buying, installment plan, lien, loan, mortgage, on account, on the arm, on the cuff, plastic, respite, securities, stock, surplus cash, tab, trust, wealth |
Antonyms: |
cash |