wealth

wealth  (wlth)

n.

1.

a. An abundance of valuable material possessions or resources; riches.

b. The state of being rich; affluence.

2. All goods and resources having value in terms of exchange or use.

3. A great amount; a profusion: a wealth of advice.

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[Middle English welthe, from wele, from Old English wela; see wel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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wealth

Noun

1. the state of being rich

2. a large amount of money and valuable material possessions: redistribution of wealth

3. a great amount or number: a wealth of detail [Middle English welthe]

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Wealth a large possession; a great amount.

Examples: wealth of antiquity, 1697; of feeling; of information; of knowledge; of learning; of inarticulate speech, 1874; of wit, 1596; of words, 1850.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wealth - 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" wealthiness financial condition - the condition of (corporate or personal) finances affluence, richness - abundant wealth; "they studied forerunners of richness or poverty"; "the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty" inherited wealth - wealth that is inherited rather than earned luxuriousness, opulence, sumptuousness, luxury - wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living mammon - wealth regarded as an evil influence sufficiency - sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations; "her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency" impoverishment, poorness, poverty - the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
	2.	wealth - the quality of profuse abundance; "she has a wealth of talent" abundance, copiousness, teemingness - the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance"
	3.	wealth - an abundance of material possessions and resources riches material resource - assets in the form of material possessions gold - great wealth; "Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold"--Ben Jonson hoarded wealth, treasure - accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.; "the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the West Indies"
	4.	wealth - property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value belongings, property, holding - something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property"; money - wealth reckoned in terms of money; "all his money is in real estate"

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wealth

noun 1. riches, fortune, prosperity, affluence, goods, means, money, funds, property, cash, resources, substance, possessions, big money, big bucks (informal), chiefly U.S. opulence, megabucks U.S., Canad. (slang) lucre, pelf << OPPOSITE poverty

2. property, funds, capital, estate, assets, fortune, possessions

noun 3. abundance, store, plenty, richness, bounty, profusion, fullness, cornucopia, plenitude, copiousness << OPPOSITE lack >> like plutomania

Translations

wealth [wɛlθ] n (= money, resources) → riqueza; [of details] → abundancia

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wealth [wɛlθ] n (= money, resources) → richesse(s) f(pl) [of details]; profusion f

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wealth [wɛlθ] n → Reichtum m [of details, knowledge etc] → Fülle f

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wealth [wɛlθ] n (= money, resources) → ricchezza, ricchezze fpl [of details] → abbondanza, profusione f