well-fixed

Questions about well-fixed

What does well-fixed mean?

well-fixed means "in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich".

How many syllables are in well-fixed?

well-fixed has 2 syllables and divides as well--fixed under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for well-fixed?

Close synonyms include comfortable, easy, prosperous, well-heeled, well-off. 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 well-fixed a common word?

well-fixed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.