WEALTH, WEALTHY
(also see RICH)
ADJECTIVES
► ABLESOME wealthy, well-to-do → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ABOUNDING affluent, wealthy → 1593 obs.
► AFFLUENTIAL prominent or socially influential on account of wealth; rich and powerful → 1842
► ALIVE well-off, wealthy → 1930s US criminals’ sl.
► BETTER-HEELED better off, wealthier, richer → 1873 sl., orig. US
► BETTER-OFF more wealthy or well-to-do → 1840
► BETTER-TO-DO more prosperous; wealthier → 1860
► BIGGIT wealthy → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLUNTED having much money; wealthy, esp. temporarily wealthy → 1975 US criminal’s sl., arch. (Bk.)
► CAKED ► CAKED OUT ► CAKED UP wealthy, moneyed; well-off → 1940s UK sl.
► CAKEHOLED wealthy, moneyed → 1940s UK sl.
► CHREMATISTIC pert. to finance or the science of wealth; engaged in the acquisition of wealth → 1752
► EADI rich, wealthy, luxurious → a1000 obs.
► FAT of a person: affluent, wealthy, well-to-do, rich → 1611 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
► FAT-ARSED wealthy → 1937 UK sl.
► FAT-ASS comfortably off, well-to-do, wealthy → 1950s US sl.
► FAT-ASSED comfortably off, well-to-do, wealthy → 1950s US sl.
► FAT-CAT having to do with wealth or a wealthy person → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FECKFOW wealthy, possessing substance → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► FILTHY wealthy → 1967 Amer. dial.
► FILTHY RICH very wealthy → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FLUSH with plenty of money; wealthy → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► HEAVY-TAILED having much wealth: referring to the magnitude of wealth a prospective bride may possess → 19C Eng. dial.
► HOLDING wealthy → 1940s US sl.
► IN THE CHIPS wealthy; with lots of money → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► IN THE MONEY wealthy, successful → 1902 sl.
► INDEPENDENT RICH wealthy enough not to have to work for a living → 1906 Amer. dial.
► LAANIE ► LAHNIE ► LANI ► LANIE ► LARNEY moneyed, rich, wealthy → 1970s S. Afr. sl.
► LIVE LARGE to be extremely, esp. ostentatiously, successful, popular, wealthy, etc. → 1975 Amer. sl.
► LOUSY-RICH very rich, wealthy → 1942 Amer. sl.
► LUSH wealthy → 1930s US sl.
► MINTED wealthy → 1990s sl.
► MONEY-BAG ► MONEY-BAGS wealthy → 1980s sl.
► MONEYFUL having money in abundance; wealthy → 1604 obs.
► OF GOOD SUBSTANCE well-to-do, wealthy → 1528
► OF GREAT SUBSTANCE well-to-do, wealthy → 1496
► OOFY rich, wealthy → 1898 sl.
► PURSE-PROUD proud or arrogant on account of one’s wealth; having an inflated regard for wealth → 1634
► PURSE-SWOLLEN possessing a great deal of money, wealthy, rich → 1823
► PURSY having a full purse; rich, wealthy; proud or arrogant on account of wealth → 1602
► RICH AS INDEE, AS very wealthy → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ROTTEN-RICH extremely rich or wealthy; sometimes implying moral corruption → a1881
► SALT of high rank or great wealth → 1868 sl.
► SILK STOCKING designating the social elite; pert. to the wealthy; upper-class → L18 sl.
► SILVER-TAILED wealthy, affluent, socially prominent → 1890 sl., orig. Aust.
► SIX FEET UP A BULL’S ASS wealthy: said of a person → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► STACKED well-provided, wealthy → 2001 UK sl.
► STINKING very wealthy, filthy rich → 1956 US sl.
► STINKING RICH very wealthy, filthy rich → 1956 US sl.
► STRONG IN THE POCKET having substantial financial resources, wealthy, rich → 1699
► STRONG IN THE PURSE adj. wealthy, rich, having substantial financial resources → 1754
► SUBSTANCED furnished with wealth → 1615 obs.
► SUBSTANTIOUS wealthy, well-to-do → 1517 chiefly Sc., obs.
► SUFFICIENT of persons: of adequate means or wealth; having a competence, substantial, well-to-do → 1436 obs.
► SUFFISANT of adequate means or wealth; well-to-do → 1483 obs.
► TINNY having plenty of ‘tin’; rich, wealthy → 1871 sl.
► UP IN THE BUCKS wealthy, prospering → 1920s US sl.
► WANTON said of money or wealth, as tempting to extravagance or luxury → 1529 obs.
► WELL-HEELED wealthy; prosperous → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► WORTH A BOB OR TWO of persons: (fairly) wealthy; of things: (fairly) valuable ..20C colloq.
NOUNS
► AFFLUENZA 1. the condition of being (temporarily) wealthy or affluent → 1908 obs.
2. a psychological condition supposedly affecting wealthy people, symptoms of which include a lack of motivation, feelings of guilt, and a sense of isolation → 1973
► AVARITION the quality of being avaricious; greediness of wealth → 1622 obs.
► CHREMATOMANIA a mania for money or wealth → 1991 (Bk.)
► CHREMATOPHOBIA an intense fear or dislike of wealth → 1991 (Bk.)
► CHROMETOPHOBIA an abnormal fear or dislike of money or wealth → 1991 (Bk.)
► CHRYSO-ARISTOCRACY an aristocracy of wealth → 1858
► CHRYSOCRACY the power or rule of gold or wealth; rule of the wealthy, plutocracy → 1828
► CHRYSOLOGY the science of gold or wealth → 1842
► COVETISE excessive desire for the acquisition and possession of wealth, etc., esp. of possessing what belongs to another → 1297
► CRESOMANIA a mania for great wealth → 1991 (Bk.)
► CUPIDITY an inordinate desire to appropriate wealth or possession; greed of gain → 1436
► DOUTH virtue, excellence; nobility; power, wealth → a1000 obs.
► FAMILY JEWELS wealth, ready money → 1972 sl.
► FANCY, THE the aristocracy, the wealthy and powerful → M19 US sl.
► FAT the business elite; the wealthiest members of the community → L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
► FAT CITY success, wealth, often from criminal activities → 1963 sl.
► FATMAN the business elite; the wealthiest members of the community → L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
► FATNESS wealth → 1889 sl.
► FEE movable property in general; goods, possessions, wealth → c888 obs.
► FIFTH AVENUE a place where people of wealth and high social standing live; the people who live there → 1858 Amer. dial.
► FLASH the appearance of wealth or success → 1975 US sl.
► GATHERING the accumulating of wealth, saving; accumulated wealth, savings → 1953 Sc.
► GEAR possessions in general, wealth, money → 1535 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.
► GOLCONDA a place or thing full of riches, or regarded as a source of something fine, precious, or valuable; a source of great wealth; also a fortune of the type represented by the Golconda diamonds → 1833
► GOLD COAST a wealthy, exclusive residential area → 1902 Amer. dial.
► GOODS AND GEAR wealth, property → c1565 obs.
► HAVE property, possessions, wealth → 1802 Sc.
► HAVES property, possessions, wealth → 1802 Sc.
► HAVINGS possessions, property, wealth, belongings → c1325
► HAVIOUR ► HAVOUR the fact of having; possession; a possession, property; estate, substance, wealth → c1400 obs.
► LONG PURSE a purse containing plenty of money; plenty of money, abundant wealth or resources → 1650 colloq.
► MAMMON riches, wealth regarded as an evil influence or as an idol → 1362
► MAMMONOLATRY the worship of riches or wealth → 1820
► NABOBERY extravagant wealth, power, luxury, etc. → 1852
► NABOBISM extravagant wealth, luxury, or power, likened to that of a nabob → 1784
► NOB END the part of town where the money lives → 1964 Brit. sl.
► OLD THRIFT wealth accumulated by the successive frugality of a long race of ancestors → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PLUTOLATRY an excessive devotion to wealth → 1991 (Bk.)
► PLUTOMANIA 1. an insane love or pursuit of wealth → 1652 obs.
2. an insane delusion in which the person imagines himself possessed of immense wealth → 1894
► PURSE-PRIDE the pride or arrogance of the wealthy → 1648
► SPRUNK a display of wealth or grandeur → 1746 obs.
► SUBSTANTIOUSNESS wealth → 1596 Sc. obs.
► SUFFICIENCY sufficient means or wealth; ability or competence to meet pecuniary obligations → 1495 obs.
► SUFFISANCE abundance, ample means, wealth → 1390 obs.
► TALENT treasure, riches, wealth, abundance → a1400-50 obs.
► TIPPYBOBS a term of utmost contempt for the upper or wealthy classes → 19C Amer.
► WARISON wealth, possessions → 1297 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ABOUNDER one who has plenty or is wealthy → 1755
► BAGEL a spoiled, wealthy, upper-class (Jewish) young man → 1981 S. Afr. sl.
► BAZILLIONAIRE a person of enormous wealth → 1987 colloq., orig. & chiefly Amer.
► BETTER-OFF a person who is better off financially → 1914
► BETTER-TO-DO those who are more wealthy or prosperous, as a class → 1875
► BIG-BUG a wealthy, influential, important, or celebrated person → 1817 US sl.
► BIG-BUTT a wealthy, influential, important, or celebrated person; an aristocrat; used derisively → 1912 US sl.
► BIG BUTTER-AND-EGG MAN a wealthy big spender → 1925 New York sl.
► BIG GUN a wealthy person; a gang leader → 1945 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► BIG GUY a boss or leader; a powerful, wealthy, or prominent person; chiefly used with ‘the’ → 1921
► BIG NOTE MAN a rich man; a wealthy person → 1950 Aust. sl.
► BIG SUCKER-AND-EGG MAN a person of wealth who is easily fleeced → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BIG-UP a person of high social status or great wealth → 1964 S. Asian & Caribbean colloq.
► BLOATED ARISTOCRAT a wealthy person → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► BOOPS a wealthy lover → 1970s W. Indies sl.
► BOOPSIE a woman who enjoys the favours of her wealthy lover → 1970s W. Indies sl.
► BROAD WITH A LOAD OF LETTUCE a woman of wealth → World War II Amer. sl.
► BUTTER-AND-EGG MAN a wealthy unsophisticated man who spends money freely → 1924 US sl.
► CACK-BROAD a fashionable, wealthy, or society woman; one who flaunts their wealth, esp. a nouveau riche woman → 1940s African-American sl.
► CACKLE-BROAD a fashionable, wealthy, or society woman; one who flaunts their wealth, esp. a nouveau riche woman → 1940s African-American sl.
► CAKE-EATER a lady’s man; a male flirt; a wealthy young man, a playboy → 1910s Amer. sl.
► CANDY-LEG a wealthy fellow who is attractive to women → 1920 US students’ sl.
► CENTIMILLIONAIRE a person whose assets are worth at least 100 million dollars → 1881 US
► CHREMATIST a person whose chief goal in life is the gaining of wealth → 1845
► CORINTHIAN a wealthy man; a profligate idler; a dissolute or licentious man; also, a shameless or brazen-faced fellow → 1575 obs.
► CRAPPER a wealthy but stingy man → 1901 Amer. dial.
► DARBY a wealthy person who will usually pay the bill in a restaurant, bar, etc. → 1920s US sl.
► DEAR-STALKER a wealthy idler who likes to follow and/or ogle attractive shop-girls or secretaries → 1910s sl.
► DERBY a wealthy person who will usually pay the bill in a restaurant, bar, etc. → 1920s US sl.
► DOUGHNUT a person of wealth who is easily fleeced → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FAT CAT 1. a successful, wealthy, influential person → 1925 sl., orig. US
2. someone who is privileged because of their wealth, and often specifically applieds to one who backs a political party or campaign; latterly in Britain also applied to business executives who are unjustifiably highly remunerated → 1928 sl., orig. & chiefly US, derogatory
► FATWAD an aristocrat, a wealthy person → 1911 US sl.
► FILTHY RICH people who are very wealthy → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GAZILLIONAIRE a person of great wealth → 1980 colloq., orig. Amer.
► GEVIR a wealthy person → 1982 Jewish (Bk.)
► GILDED YOUTH a wealthy young man of fashion and of much leisure → 1920 (Bk.)
► GILT YOUTH young people of wealth, privilege, or fashion considered as a group → 1837
► GOLDFINCH a wealthy man, esp. as the target of thieves → 1698-99 criminals’ sl.
► GOLDFISH a person of wealth who is easily fleeced → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HAVES those belonging to the wealthier class → 1836 colloq.
► LADY BOUNTIFUL a wealthy, munificent person; later (depreciative), a wealthy person who engages in ostentatious acts of charity → 1752
► LEVIATHAN a man of vast and formidable power or enormous wealth, a rich and powerful person → 1607
► LOUNGE LIZARD a man who frequents fashionable parties, bars, etc., in search of a wealthy patroness → 1918 sl., derogatory
► MAGNATE a wealthy and influential person, esp. in business → LME
► MAMMONIST a person devoted to the acquisition of wealth; one that worships or seeks after riches → 1550
► MINK a female whose romantic interest in a man is overshadowed by her interest in his financial worth → 1960 US sl.
► MONEY BUG a person having great wealth or financial power → 1891 sl., chiefly US
► MONEY KING a person of great wealth; a finance magnate → 1838 US
► MONEY MAN a wealthy person who backs a bookmaker financially in case of heavy losses → 2006 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MONEY a person possessing wealth → 1848
► MONEYBAG ► MONEYBAGS a person characterized as having or desiring money; a wealthy or rich person → 1820 colloq., sometimes derogatory
► MONEYED MAN a rich or wealthy man → a1593
► MONTE CRISTO a person who is reminiscent of those portrayed in Alexandre Dumas; novel, ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’; esp. with allusion to the great wealth or daring escapades of the protagonist → 1891
► MOOLA MAMA a wealthy woman → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► MR. MONEYBAGS a wealthy person → L19 sl.
► MUCKERER one who hoards wealth, or scrapes money together; a miser, niggard → 1303 obs.
► MUSHROOM a nouveau riche person or an arriviste family → 1594 sl.
► NABOB a person of great wealth; one who returned from India with a large fortune acquired there; a very rich and luxurious person → 1764
► NABOBESS female nabob; the wife of a nabob → 1767
► NOB someone of wealth or high social position → 1809 Brit. sl., often derogatory
► QUAL a person of high social position; also, a stuck-up, wealthy person; generally used in plural → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAG SPLAWDGER ► RAG-SPLAWGER a wealthy or rich man → c1858 sl.
► RAG-GORGER a wealthy or rich man → c1820 sl.
► RAG-GORGY a wealthy or rich man → c1820 sl.
► RICH FARMER a wealthy, materialistic person → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SALT OF THE EARTH, THE a person or group of people regarded as the finest of their kind; the excellent of the earth; the powerful, aristocratic, or wealthy → c950
► SILK STOCKING a rich or wealthy person → L19 US sl., later African-American usage
► SILVERTAIL a wealthy or upper-class person; somebody affluent and socially prominent; a member of the privileged class → 1890 sl., orig. Aust. bushmen’s usage, derogatory
► SUGAR SUCKER a person of wealth who is easily fleeced → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TALL POPPY an eminent, wealthy, or successful person when viewed as needing deflation → 1902 Aust. sl.
► TREACLE-MINER a man who boasts of his wealth or position in private life → 1919 Aust. services sl.
► TUSH a wealthy, light-skinned society Black person → 1970 African-American sl.
► VANDERBILT a very rich or wealthy man; a multi-millionaire → 1909 US sl.
► VOLPONE a cunning schemer or miser; a hoarder of wealth → 1710 obs.
PHRASES
► HE HAS MORE MONEY THAN GOD he is fabulously wealthy → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
► ABOUND to be rich or wealthy, to prosper; to have a plentiful supply or stock of something → a1382 arch.
► ADSTUPIATE to greatly esteem wealth → 1623 obs.
► BLEED SOMEONE DRY to drain someone of wealth or resources → 1982 UK sl.
► BLEED SOMEONE WHITE to drain someone of wealth or resources → 1982 UK sl.
► BLING-BLING to demonstrate one’s material wealth → 2000s sl., orig. African-American
► GATHER to accumulate wealth → a1225 obs.
► I-WEALY to make a person wealthy or wealthier; also, to enrich, to improve, to enhance something → a1000 obs.
► VAIL of persons; to be worth in respect of means or wealth → 1576 obs.