wealthy

Other forms of wealthy

comparative or superlative

wealthier

comparative or superlative

wealthiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about wealthy

What does wealthy mean?

wealthy means "having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value".

How many syllables are in wealthy?

wealthy has 2 syllables: weal-thy. The stress falls on "weal". In IPA it is /ˈwɛlθi/.

What is another word for wealthy?

Close synonyms include affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed, substantial. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wealthy a common word?

wealthy is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.