well-connected

1. 1.

   connected by blood or close acquaintance with people of wealth or social position

   “a well-connected Edinburgh family”

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Questions about well-connected

What does well-connected mean?

well-connected means "connected by blood or close acquaintance with people of wealth or social position".

How many syllables are in well-connected?

well-connected has 4 syllables: well--con-nec-ted. The stress falls on "con".

Is well-connected a common word?

well-connected is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.