Reverse Dictionary: WEALTH

ADJECTIVES
► ABLESOME wealthy, well-to-do → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ABOUNDING affluent, wealthy → 1593 obs.
► AFFLUENT wealthy, rich, prosperous → 1652
► AFFLUENTIAL prominent or socially influential on account of wealth; rich and powerful → 1842
► ALIVE well-off, wealthy → 1933 US criminals’ sl.
► ANOINTED wealthy, well-off → 1923 sl.
► BACK BAY fashionable, wealthy → 1967 US sl. (Bk.)
► BEST-OFF most wealthy or well-to-do → 1860
► 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
► BIG wealthy, rich → 1425 obs.
► BIGGIT wealthy → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLOATED swollen with pride of rank or wealth → 1731
► BLUNTED having much money; wealthy, esp. temporarily wealthy → 1967 US criminal’s sl., arch. (Bk.)
► BLUNTY wealthy → 1703 UK sl.
► BRASSY wealthy, rich → 1910 UK sl.
► BREWSTERED wealthy, rich, very well off → 2001 Eng. dial.
► CAKED ► CAKED OUT ► CAKED UP wealthy, moneyed; well-off → 1940s UK sl.
► CAKEHOLED wealthy, moneyed → 1940s UK sl.
► CASHED UP wealthy, well-off, albeit temporarily → 1930 Aust. & NZ sl.
► CHREMATISTIC pert. to finance or the science of wealth; engaged in the acquisition of wealth → 1752
► DEEP-POCKETED wealthy, having substantial financial resources → 1863
► DICKTY ► DICTEE ► DICTY stylish, high class, wealthy → 1928 US sl.
► DOLLARED furnished with dollars, wealthy → 1884
► DOWNWARD-MOBILE losing wealth and status; moving to a lower social or professional level → 1943
► EADI ► EADY rich, wealthy, luxurious → a1000 obs.
► ESTATED possessing assets or wealth → 1607
► EXUBERANT of wealth or stores: overflowing, abundant → 1686
► FAIR of wealth, an acquisition, etc.: large in amount or size → a1000 obs.
► FASTUOUS characterized by an ostentatious show of wealth, luxury, etc. → 1753
► FAT of a person: affluent, wealthy, well-to-do, rich → 1552 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 → 1905 colloq.
► FILTHY-WEALTHY very wealthy → 1957 colloq.
► FLUSH with plenty of money; wealthy → 1956 US sl.
► FULL having much wealth; well provided for → 1483
► GARE desirous of wealth, covetous → 1719 Sc.
► GET-RICH-QUICK characterized by attempts of acquiring wealth rapidly → 1891 orig. US
► GILT-EDGED designating people of great wealth → 1821
► GIN AND JAG ► GIN AND JAGUAR pert. to any wealthy area near a metropolican city; denoting wealthy English middle-class people characterized as drinking gin and driving luxury cars such as Jaguars → 1963 UK colloq.
► GOLDED possessed of gold, wealthy → 1450
► GOLDEN producing or providing wealth; wealthy, affluent → 1797
► GOLD-MINE providing an abundant and consistent source of wealth, income, or profit → 1909
► GOOD-WOOLED ► GOOD-WOOLLED wealthy → 1846 chiefly Eng. dial.
► GRACIOUS wealthy, prosperous → 1450 obs.
► GREAT having much wealth or power → 1325
► GREEDY eager for wealth, gain, etc. → a1000
► HEAVY powerful, wealthy, influential → 1842 US sl.
► HEAVY-TAILED having much wealth: referring to the magnitude of wealth a prospective bride may possess → 19C Eng. dial.
► HEELED wealthy, well-off; provided with resources → 1871
► HIGH-FLYING pert. to luxury, wealth → 1961 US sl.
► HOG-RICH very wealthy, especially nouveau-riche → 1906 US sl.
► HOLDING wealthy → 1940s US sl.
► IN CLOVER ► IN THE CLOVER wealthy; successful → 1919 US sl.
► INGOTED furnished with ingots or wealth → 1864
► IN THE BUCKS wealthy, well off → 1931 US sl.
► IN THE CHIPS wealthy; with lots of money → 1836 chiefly US
► IN THE CLASS wealthy, well to do → 1935 US sl.
► IN THE GAME wealthy → 1924 Aust. sl.
► IN THE MONEY wealthy, successful → 1902
► INDEPENDENT RICH wealthy enough not to have to work for a living → 1906 Amer. dial.
► JUICY wealthy; financially rewarding → 1621 colloq.
► LAANIE ► LAHNIE ► LANI ► LANIE ► LARNEY moneyed, rich, wealthy → 1970s S. Afr. sl.
► LITTLE not having wealth, status, or influence → a1000
► LOADED extremely wealthy → 1910 sl., orig. US
► LOUSY-RICH very rich, wealthy → 1942 Amer. sl.
► LUSH wealthy → 1935 US sl.
► LUV, LUV wealthy, successful → 2000 US prison sl.
► MADE wealthy, famous → 1967 US sl. (Bk.)
► MAMMONISTICAL characterized by a devotion to wealth → 1659 obs.
► MANANT wealthy → 1500 obs.
► MEANED having means, resources, or wealth → 1605 obs.
► MEGA-MONEY extremely wealthy → 1989
► MEGA-RICH extremely wealthy → 1980 colloq.
► MIGHTY of a person, group of people: wealthy → a1000
► MINK wealthy, opulent, sumptuous → 1965
► MINTED wealthy, rich → 1995 UK colloq.
► MOGULIAN relating to a Mogul, their empire, or their wealth → 1775
► MONEY-BAG ► MONEY-BAGS wealthy → 1962 sl.
► MONEYED rich, wealthy → 1457
► MONEYFUL having money in abundance; wealthy → 1604 obs.
► MONEY-MAKING intent upon, or occupied in acquiring wealth → 1740
► NIBSOME involving people of superior wealth or social status → 1839 obs.
► NIGGER RICH suddenly and unfamiliarly wealthy → 1930 US sl., derogatory & offensive
► NOBBY characteristic of people of wealth or social distinction → 1788 colloq.
► NOUVEAU having recently acquired wealth or position → 1955
► NOUVEAU RICHE newly wealthy → 1874
► OF GOOD SUBSTANCE well-to-do, wealthy → 1528
► OF GREAT SUBSTANCE well-to-do, wealthy → 1496
► OLD-MONEYED having inherited wealth → 1976
► OLD-RICH possessing old-fashioned wealth → 1927
► OOFY rich, wealthy → 1891 sl.
► OPULENT 1. rich, wealthy, affluent → 1518
2. yielding great wealth, lucrative → 1648 obs.
► PAID wealthy → 1983 African-American sl.
► PARVENU having recently gained wealth or an influential social position → 1828
► PECUNIOUS moneyed, wealthy → 1400
► PENNY-WHITE of a rich woman, especially one who is not naturally beautiful: rendered fair by wealth; favoured by fortune rather than by birth → 1622 obs.
► PHILOPLUTONIC loving wealth and luxury → 1876 obs.
► PLENTEOUS wealthy; rich in some possession, etc. → 1350
► PLUSH-HORSE wealthy, privileged → 1936 US sl.
► PLUTEY ► PLUTY very wealthy → 1915 sl.
► PLUTOMANIC characterized by the excessive pursuit of wealth → 1938
► PURPURATED wealthy, noble → 1632 obs.
► PURSE-FULL having a full purse; wealthy, affluent → 1600
► 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
► RHINOCERICAL wealthy, rich → 1688 sl., obs.
► RHINO-FAT wealthy → 1859 US sl.
► RICH AS INDEE, AS very wealthy → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RICHFUL of a person: wealthy, rich → 1300 obs.
► RITSY ► RITZY wealthy, affluent → 1932 sl.
► ROLLS-ROYCEY extremely wealthy → 1925
► ROTTEN-RICH extremely rich or wealthy; sometimes implying moral corruption → a1881
► SALT of  high rank or great wealth → 1868 sl.
► SHINEY wealthy, rich → 1910 Aust. sl.
► SHREDDED stripped of one’s wealth → 1596 obs.
► SILK STOCKING designating the social elite; pert. to the wealthy; upper-class → 1798 sl.
► SILVER-TAILED wealthy, affluent, socially  prominent → 1890 sl., orig. Aust.
► SILVERY wealthy → 1906 Aust. sl.
► SIX FEET UP A BULL’S ASS wealthy: said of a person → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► SOCIAL relating to the wealthy or fashionable society → 1741
► STACKED well-provided, wealthy → 1956 UK sl.
► STACKED UP wealthy → 1920 US sl.
► STINKING very wealthy, filthy rich → 1940 US sl.
► STINKING RICH very wealthy, filthy rich → 1953 US sl.
► STRONG IN THE POCKET having substantial financial resources, wealthy, rich → 1699
► STRONG IN THE PURSE wealthy, rich, having substantial financial resources → 1754
► STUFFY wealthy, rich → 1935 sl., orig. US
► SUBSTANCED furnished with wealth → 1615 obs.
► SUBSTANTIAL possessing property or wealth; well-to-do, wealthy → 1450
► SUBSTANTIOUS wealthy, well-to-do → 1517 chiefly Sc., obs.
► SUBSTANTIVE of independent means, wealthy → 1543
► 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.
► SUPER-RICH very wealthy → 1901
► SUPRAVULGAR characteristic of the titled, wealthy, or privileged classes, as opposed to the ordinary people → 1689 obs.
► SWEPT UP smart, wealthy → 1985 NZ sl.
► SWIFT wealthy, sophisticated → 1904 sl.
► TINNY having plenty of ‘tin’; rich, wealthy → 1871 sl.
► TWENTY-FOUR CARAT very wealthy → 1902 sl.
► UP IN THE BUCKS wealthy, prospering → 1935 US sl.
► UP IN THE DOUGH wealthy, prospering → 1933 US sl.
► VULGAR undistinguished by rank, position, wealth, etc.; of ordinary or low social status → 1524
► WANTON of money or wealth: tempting to extravagance or luxury → 1450 obs.
► WEALFUL rich, wealthy → 1225 obs.
► WEALTHFUL having great wealth, rich → 1447
► WEALY wealthy, rich, materially prosperous → a1000 obs.
► WELL-ENDOWED having much land or money; wealthy → 1553
► WELL-FIXED wealthy, well-to-do → 1822 Amer. dial.
► WELL-FORTUNED in possession of a good fortune; wealthy → 1425
► WELL-HEELED wealthy; prosperous → 1871 sl., orig. US
► WELL-LINED of a person: wealthy, affluent → 1611
► WELL-MONEYED wealthy, rich, having plenty of money → 1479
► WELL-OFF wealthy → 1842
► WELL-POSSESSED wealthy; having valuable possessions or property → 1600
► WELL-TO-DO wealthy, well-off, prosperous → 1794
► WELL TO LIVE prosperous, wealthy → 1568 obs.
► WELL TO LIVE IN THE WORLD prosperous, wealthy → 1705 obs.
► WELL TO PASS wealthy, prosperous → 1609
► WELL TO PASS IN THE WORLD wealthy, prosperous → 1682 obs.
► WHITE-SHOE belonging to a privileged, wealthy, often conservative American social set → 1947 US colloq.
► WINNING gaining money or wealth; profitable → 1530 obs.
► WORLD-RICH having great power or wealth → a1000 obs.
​► WORTH A BOB OR TWO of persons: (fairly) wealthy; of things: (fairly) valuable ..20C colloq. 

ADVERBS
► ESTATELY in a manner befitting high rank or great wealth → 1435 obs.
► WEALTH-BOASTINGLY in a way that shows excessive or ostentatious pride in wealth → 1593 obs.
► WEALTHFULLY in wealthy or prosperous circumstances → 1480 obs.

NOUNS
► ABILITY personal wealth, estate, means → 1503 obs.
► ACCROACHING an acquiring of wealth or property → 1991
► AFFLUENCE wealth, prosperity → 1593
► 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
► ALMIGHTY DOLLAR, THE wealth → 1836 colloq., orig. US
► AVARICE an inordinate desire of acquiring and hoarding wealth → 1386
► AVARITION the quality of being avaricious; greediness of wealth → 1622 obs.
► AVER possession, property, estate, wealth → 1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► BIG CHEESE, THE wealthy or respectable society → 1910 US obs.
► BLING ostentatious jewellery; hence, wealth → 1999 sl.
► CATTLE personal property or estate, wealth, goods → 1275 obs.
► CHEVANCE ► CHIEVANCE 1. success in acquiring wealth → 1393 obs.
2. acquired wealth, fortune → 1477 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
► COININESS wealth → 1903 colloq.
► COMMA wealth, a large amount of money → 2012 African-American sl.
► 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
► DEFEATHERING a stripping a person of their wealth or assets, especially by dishonest or unscrupulous means → 1888
► DOUTH virtue, excellence; nobility; power, wealth → a1000 obs.
► EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES a having an excess or abundance of wealth, resources, etc.; such an excess → 1815
► FAMILY JEWELS wealth, ready money → 1972 sl.
► FANCY, THE the aristocracy, the wealthy and powerful → 1862 US sl.
► FASTUOSNESS pretentious or ostentatious show of wealth, luxury, or status → 1649
► FASTUOSITY pretentious or ostentatious show of wealth, luxury, or status → 1656
► FAT the business elite; the wealthiest members of the community → 1900 Aust. & NZ sl.
► FAT CITY success, wealth, often from criminal activities → 1963 sl.
► FATMAN the business elite; the wealthiest members of the community → 1900 Aust. & NZ sl.
► FATNESS wealth → 1889 sl.
► FEATHERS wealth, money → 1608 UK 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.
► FINANCE a supply of money or goods; wealth, riches → 1475 obs.
► FINANCY wealth, riches → 1656 obs.
► FLANDERS-FORTUNE a small amount of money or wealth → 1699 obs.
► FLASH the appearance of wealth or success → 1975 US sl.
► GATHERING the accumulating of wealth, saving; accumulated wealth, savings → 1225 obs. exc. Sc.
► GEAR possessions in general, wealth, money → 1535 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.
► GIN AND JAG BELT ► GIN AND JAGUAR BELT a wealthy area near a metropolitan city, and, as such, considered ripe for robbery → 1969 UK sl.
► 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 money, wealth → 1616
► GOLD COAST a wealthy, exclusive residential area → 1902 Amer. dial.
► GOLDEN EGG a source of continual or guaranteed success, profit, or wealth → 1756
► GOLDEN GOOSE a source of success, profit, or wealth, especially one that will be exhausted if misused → 1809
► GOLDEN MILE an area of a town or city famous for having a high concentration of wealthy inhabitants → 1951
► GOLDEN WEST, THE a western region of a country renowned for being rich in gold deposits, wealthy, or otherwise attractive → 1875
► GOLDMINE a source of wealth → 1605
► GOODS AND GEAR wealth, property → c1565 obs.
► GRAITH possessions in general; wealth, money → 1554 obs.
► GRANDAM GOLD hoarded wealth → 1669 obs.
► GREED an inordinate longing for wealth → 1609 orig. Sc.
► GREENBACK ALLEY a state of financial security, wealth → 1953 US sl.
► 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.
► HEN ROOST a source of wealth or assets, especially when seen as something to be plundered or appropriated → 1762
► HEREDIPETY a being attentive to a wealthy person who is old or sick, in the hope of obtaining a legacy → 1854 obs.
► INDIA a place or thing likened in some way to India, in being a source of wealth 26 1598
► INDIES a region or place yielding great wealth or to which profitable voyages may be made → 1602 obs.
► I-STREON that which has been gained or acquired, as material wealth, property, etc. → a1000 obs.
► LOBSTER-PALACE SOCIETY the world of wealth, if not of social position → 1910 US sl.
► LONG PURSE a purse containing plenty of money; plenty of money, abundant wealth or resources → 1650 colloq.
► MAMMON an inordinate desire for wealth or possessions, personified as an evil influence or as an idol → a1000
► MAMMONOLATRY the worship of riches or wealth → 1820
► MEGA-MONEY a very large sum of money; extreme wealth → 1979 colloq.
► MERCHANDISE wealth, material possessions → 1300 obs.
► METTIES ► METZIES wealth → 2019 UK sl.
► MILLIONAIRES’ MILE a street or area known for its wealthy inhabitants and the high value of it properties → 1904 orig. US
► MOBLE ► MOBLES possessions, wealth; personal property → 1325 obs.
► MOKER worldly wealth, possessions → 1275 obs.
► MONEY wealth, especially inherited wealth → 1848
► MONEYBAGS wealth → 1600 humorous usage
► MUCK worldly wealth, money, especially regarded as sordid → 1330 obs.
► MUCK-HEAPING the amassing of wealth → 1422 obs.
► NABOBERY extravagant wealth, power, luxury, etc. → 1852
► NABOBISM extravagant wealth, luxury, or power, likened to that of a nabob → 1784
► NOBBINESS a being a person of wealth or distinction; snobbishness → 1909 sl.
► NOB END the part of town where the money lives → 1964 Brit. sl.
► NOBLEYE wealth; valuable possessions → 1325 obs.
► OLD THRIFT wealth accumulated by the successive frugality of a long race of ancestors → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OPULENCE wealth, riches, affluence → 1518
► OPULENTNESS wealth → 1730 obs.
► ORCOST wealth → 1225 obs.
► OVERCLASS a privileged, wealthy, or powerful section of society → 1965
► OVER-RICHES excessive wealth → 1908
► PAGODA TREE a source of wealth → 1870
► PLENTINESS abundance, wealth → 1425
► PLENTITUDE abundance, wealth → 1609
► PLOUSIOCRACY the wealthy ruling class → 1839 obs.
► PLUTARCHY rule or government by the wealthy → 1643
► PLUTOCRACY government by the wealthy → 1631
► PLUTODEMOCRACY a democratic state in which power lies only with the wealthy → 1902
► PLUTOGOGY rule by the wealthy and their apologists → 1894 obs.
► PLUTOLATRY excessive worship of wealth → 1891
► PLUTOLOGY the science of the production and distribution of wealth → 1864
► 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
► PLUTONOMY the science of the production and distribution of wealth → 1851 disparaging usage
► POT OF GOLD a source of enormous wealth → 1847
► PUBLIC PURSE, THE the national treasury or wealth → 1659
► PURSE-PRIDE the pride or arrogance of the wealthy → 1648
► RICHDOM wealth, riches → 1225 obs.
► RICHES wealth personified → 1538
► RICHESSE 1. wealth, riches; the condition of being rich → 1200 obs.
2. wealth personified → 1425 obs.
► RITZ glamour, elegance, wealth, sophistication → 1926 US sl.
► SALT OF THE EARTH, THE the wealthy, aristocratic, or powerful → a1000
► SHEKELS money, wealth → 1870 US sl.
► SITTING PRETTY wealthy; successful → 1926 US sl.
► SPRUNK a display of wealth or grandeur → 1746 obs.
► STOCK the aggregate wealth of a nation → 1640 obs.
► SUBSTANCE one’s material possessions or the value assigned to these; means, wealth → 1400 arch.
► 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.
► SUPERAFFLUENCE extreme wealth → 1919
► TALENT treasure, riches, wealth, abundance → a1400-50 obs.
► TALL MONEY substantial wealth, a large amount of money → 1920 US sl.
► THING that which one possesses, wealth, property, substance collectively → a1000 obs.
► THRIFT acquired wealth, estate, or substance → 1350 arch.
► TIPPYBOBS a term of utmost contempt for the upper or wealthy classes → 19C Amer.
► TIP STREET a state of wealth → 1821 UK sl.
► TROLLING IN the accumulation of money or wealth → 1614 obs.
► VALIANT wealth, property; the total value of goods, etc., held by a person → 1515 Sc. obs.
► WARISON wealth, possessions → 1297 obs.
► WEAL valuable possessions, wealth, riches → a1000 obs.
► WEALFULNESS wealth, prosperity → 1532 obs.
► WEDGE a large amount of money, wealth → 1989 UK sl.
► WELL-OFFNESS a being well off; wealth, prosperity → 1866
► WIN possessions, riches, wealth → 1275 obs.
► WONE fortune, wealth, riches, possessions → 1300 obs.
► WOOL ON THE BACK money, wealth → 1909 sl.
► YELLOW STUFF gold; hence, money, wealth → 1852 sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ABOUNDER one who has plenty or is wealthy; a rich person → 1755 chiefly poetic, obs.
► AFFLUENT, THE affluent people as a class; those who are wealthy or prosperous → 1735
► AGA KHAN a person who resembles the Aga Khan in wealth, power, etc. → 1827
► ALNASCHAR a person given to unrealistic dreams or expectations of wealth or success → 1800
► BAGEL a spoiled, wealthy, upper-class (Jewish) young man → 1981 S. Afr. sl., usually derogatory
► BAZILLIONAIRE a person of enormous wealth → 1987 colloq., orig. & chiefly Amer.
► BETTER-OFF a person who is better off financially → 1914
► BETTER-TO-DO, THE 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, THE 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.
► BILLIONAIRESS an extremely wealthy woman or girl → 1881
► BLOATED ARISTOCRAT a wealthy person → 1850 US sl
► BOGANAIRE a very wealthy ‘bogan’ → 2010 Aust. sl.
► BOOPS a wealthy lover → 1995 W. Indies sl.
► BOOPSIE ► BOOPSY a woman who enjoys the favours of her wealthy lover → 1971 W. Indies sl.
► BOSS a powerful, wealthy, and influential person → 1856 US
► 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  → 1942 African-American sl.
► CACKLE-BROAD a fashionable, wealthy, or society woman; one who flaunts their wealth, esp. a nouveau riche woman  → 1960 African-American sl.
► CAKE-EATER a wealthy man who leads a life of pleasure or idleness, a playboy → 1791 US 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
► CHASSEUR an attendant upon a person of rank or wealth, dressed in a military style → 1765
► CHREMATIST a person whose chief goal in life is the gaining of wealth → 1845
► CLOAK-AND-SUITER a wealthy person → 1924 US sl.
► COB a wealthy man; a miser → 1548 obs.
► 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.
► DARBS ► DARBY a wealthy person who will usually pay the bill in a restaurant, bar, etc. → 1922 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.
► DICTY a wealthy person; a high-class person → 1928 US sl.
► DOUGHNUT a person of wealth who is easily fleeced → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► EMPTY SUIT a wealthy, professional, or powerful man, perceived as lacking substance, personality, intelligence, etc. → 1950 chiefly US
► FALLEN STAR a person who has been brought down from a position of high status, wealth, etc. → 1545
► FAT CAT 1. a successful, wealthy, influential person → 1925 sl.,  orig. US
2. someone who is privileged because of their wealth, and often specifically applied 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 → 1901 US sl.
► FILTHY RICH people who are very wealthy → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FLUSH a wealthy person → 1942 US sl.
► GATHERER one who gathers wealth; a miser → 1564 obs.
► GAZILLIONAIRE a person of great wealth → 1980 colloq., orig. Amer.
► GETTER a person who acquires wealth → 1400
► GEVIR a wealthy person → 1982 Jewish (Bk.)
► GILDED YOUTH a wealthy young man of fashion and of much leisure → 1763
► GILT YOUTH young people of wealth, privilege, or fashion considered as a group → 1837
► GOLDED, THE wealthy people collectively → 1450
► 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.)
► GOOD LIVER a wealthy or well-to-do person → 1602 Eng. dial.
► GOTROCKS ► GOTROX a wealthy person; usually used as a surname → 1894 UK sl.
► GRAND, THE wealthy, eminent, or fashionable people → 1667
► GRAVY BOAT a wealthy person → 1966 US sl.
► GRUBBER a person who gets together wealth by sordid or contemptible methods → 1578
► HAVE a wealthy or privileged person → 1739 colloq.
► HAVE-GOT a wealthy or privileged person → 1897 colloq.
► HAVES those belonging to the wealthier class → 1836 colloq.
► HEAVY SUGAR a wealthy person → 1967 US sl. (Bk.)
► HIGH ROLLER a person who lives extravagantly; a wealthy person → 1876
► HIGHSIDER a person who shows off their material wealth → 1997 US sl.
► HIGH-STEPPER a person who is or who aspires to be wealthy or successful → 1852 chiefly US
► INCUBO a covetous man who jealously guards his wealth → 1607 obs.
► JAGER an attendant upon a person of rank or wealth, dressed in a huntsman’s costume → 1831
► JILLIONAIRE 1. a person who possesses illusions of great wealth → 1935 colloq.
2. a person of endless wealth → 1938
► JINGLEBERRIES a wealthy person → 1933 US sl.
► LADY BOUNTIFUL a wealthy, munificent person; later (depreciative), a wealthy person who engages in ostentatious acts of charity → 1752
► LEGACY HUNTER a person who is attentive to wealthy or elderly people in the hope of obtaining a legacy → 1693
► LEVIATHAN a man of vast and formidable power or enormous wealth, a rich and powerful person → 1607
► LOOPHOUND a wealthy businessman → 2025 US sl.
► 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 → 1590
► MAMMONIST a person devoted to the acquisition of wealth; one that worships or seeks after riches → 1548
► MAN OF FORTUNE one possessing great wealth → 1732
► MAN OF GOOD a man of wealth or status → 1390 obs.
► MERCHANT PRINCE a merchant or trader of great wealth, especially one whose wealth is sufficient to confer political influence → 1760
► MERCHANT PRINCESS a wealthy and influential female merchant → 1854
► MILLIARDAIRE a person possessing a thousand million pounds, dollars, etc.; an immensely wealthy person → 1897
► MILORDO a wealthy Englishman or English nobleman living or travelling in Italy → 1758
► MINK a female whose romantic interest in a man is overshadowed by her interest in his financial worth → 1960 US sl. 
► MONEY a person possessing wealth → 1848
► MONEYBAG ► MONEYBAGS ► MR. MONEYBAGS a person characterized as having or desiring money; a wealthy or rich person → 1795 colloq., sometimes derogatory
► MONEY-BAGGER a wealthy person → 1947 sl.
► MONEY BUG a person having great wealth or financial power → 1891 sl., chiefly US
► MONEYED, THE moneyed people as a class, the wealthy → 1573
► MONEYED MAN a rich or wealthy man → a1593
► 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.)
► 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.)
► MUCKER a person who hoards wealth, a miser → 1567
► 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
► NARIKIN in Japan: a wealthy parvenu → 1918
► NIB a person of superior social standing or wealth → 1819 sl., chiefly UK
► NOB someone of wealth or high social position → 1676 Brit. sl., often derogatory
► NOBBY a person of wealth or social refinement → 1882 obs.
► NOUVEAU RICHE a person who has recently acquired wealth, especially one who displays this in an ostentatious fashion → 1796
► OLIGARCH a very wealthy business leader with a great deal of political influence → 1999 chiefly in post-communist Russia
► OOF-BAG a wealthy person; one who can supply money → 1908 UK sl.
► OOF-BIRD a wealthy person, a source of money → 1888 sl.
► PARACHUTE KID a child of wealthy East Asian parents who is left in the United States to attend school while the parents live abroad → 1993 US
► PARVENU a person from a humble background who has rapidly gained wealth or an influential social position → 1787 usually derogatory usage
► PHAT POCKET a wealthy person → 1992 African-American sl.
► PHILOPLUTARY a lover of wealth and luxury → 1652 obs.
► PIG IN CLOVER a person who conspicuously enjoys wealth, food, etc. → 1795
► PLAYBOY a wealthy man who leads a life of pleasure, especially one who behaves irresponsibly → 1829 orig. Ireland
► PLUTE a very wealthy person, especially an industrialist → 1894
► PLUTOCRAT a person whose power derives from wealth; a member of a plutocracy → 1810
► PLUTOGOGUE a spokesperson for the wealthy and their interests; a political agitator who appeals to the wealthy → 1894 chiefly US
► PLUTOLATER a person who worships wealth → 1938
► POUND-NOTE MAN a wealthy person → 1950 Aust. sl.
► PRINCE a wealthy, powerful, or influential person → 1841 chiefly US
► PRINCESS a wealthy young woman whose behaviour shows that she has been overindulged or pampered → 1966 chiefly US
► PURCHASER a person who aims to acquire wealth or possessions → 1400 obs.
► QUAL a person of high social position; also, a stuck-up, wealthy person; generally used in plural → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUEEN FOR A DAY a woman who enjoys the advantages of wealth, fame, or power for a brief period → 1839
► RAG SPLAWDGER ► RAG-SPLAWGER a wealthy or rich man → c1858 sl.
► RAG-GORGER a wealthy or rich man → 1812 sl.
► RAG-GORGY a wealthy or rich man → 1812 sl.
► RAZOR-NECK a wealthy, important person; an aristocrat → 1967 US sl., obs.
► RICH BITCH a wealthy woman perceived as haughty or malicious → 1930 derogatory
► RICH FARMER a wealthy, materialistic person → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► RICHIE a wealthy person, especially a young one → 1954 sl., chiefly US
► RICH KID a child or young adult from a wealthy or privileged family → 1895 colloq., orig. US, usually disparaging
► ROTHSCHILD an extremely wealthy person → 1824
► 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
► SCISSORBILL a wealthy or privileged person → 1913 US sl.
► SILK STOCKING a rich or wealthy person; a member of the wealthy or upper class → 1891 US
► SILVERTAIL a wealthy or upper-class person; somebody affluent and socially prominent; a member of the privileged class  → 1865 sl., orig. Aust. bushmen’s usage, derogatory
► SOCIALITE a person who is prominent in wealthy or fashionable society → 1893 colloq., orig. US
► SQUILLIONAIRE a person who is extraordinarily wealthy → 1914 colloq.
► STUFFED MAN a wealthy man; a man of substance → 1460 obs.
► STUFFED SHIRT a wealthy or socially prominent person → 1967 US sl. (Bk.)
► SUGAR MUMMY a wealthy White woman who pays for the companionship of attractive, younger Black men → 1985 S. Afr. sl.
► SUGAR SUCKER a person of wealth who is easily fleeced → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SUPER-RICH, THE very wealthy people as a class → 1885
► SWELL a wealthy, socially prominent person, especially if somewhat of a dandy → 1955 US sl.
► TALL POPPY an eminent, wealthy, or successful person when viewed as needing deflation → 1902 Aust. sl.
► TEKEESHA a woman who bases her relationships on the partner’s wealth → 1995 W. Indies
► 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.
► UPPITY, THE the ostentatiously wealthy → 1956 US sl.
► UPTOWN LADY a woman who is, or who assumes the attitudes of being, wealthy, socially prominent a\nd worldly → 1967 US sl. (Bk.)
► 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.
► WEALTH HOLDER a wealthy person → 1829
► WEALTHLING a wealthy person → 1581 obs.
► WEALTHMONGER a wealthy person → 1654 disparaging usage
► WEALY a wealthy person → a1000 obs.
► WELL OFF, THE the wealthy, people who are well off, considered as a class → 1828
► WELL-TO-DO, THE well-to-do people as a class, the wealthy → 1829
► WHITE HAT a wealthy, smug, White male → 1996 US students’ sl.

PHRASES
► BORN ON THIRD ► BORN ON THIRD BASE inherited one’s wealth or privileged position → 1934 US
► BORN ON THIRD BASE AND THINK ONE HAS HIT A TRIPLE indicates that one believes their wealth or status is due to their own merits or efforts, rather than merely inherited → 1988
► CHICKEN IN EVERY POT, A ► CHICKEN IN EVERY POT AND A CAR IN EVERY GARAGE, A enough food, wealth, etc. for everybody to share in the benefits → 1928 chiefly US political usage
► EVIL GOTTEN, WORSE SPENT expresses the idea that wealth evilly obtained is lost or spent in the same manner → 1548
► FROM CLOGS TO CLOGS IN THREE GENERATIONS wealth gained in one generation of a family will be lost by the third generation → 1868 chiefly UK
► FROM RAGS TO RICHES ► RAGS TO RICHES from extreme poverty to great wealth → 1897
► FROM SHIRTSLEEVES TO SHIRTSLEEVES IN THREE GENERATIONS wealth gained in one generation of a family will be lost by the third generation → 1874 orig. US
► HE HAS MORE MONEY THAN GOD he is fabulously wealthy → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► HIS FATHER WAS BORN BEFORE HIM indicates that a man has inherited his wealth or privileged position, rather than earned it himself → 1666
► ILL GOTTEN ILL SPENT expresses the idea that wealth easily, quickly, or evilly obtained is lost or spent in the same manner → 1546
► IN TIP STREET well off, wealthy → 1821 UK sl.
► MONEY TALKS wealth brings with it power and influence → 1880
► OF GOOD designating a person of wealth or status. as a ‘man of good’ → 1390 obs.
► ROLLING IN IT extremely wealthy → 1893
► WORTH A PLUM wealthy; yielding a high income → 1824 UK sl.
► YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU used to refer to the impossibility of benefitting from earthly wealth after death → 1822 colloq.

VERBS
► ABOUND to be rich or wealthy, to prosper; to have a plentiful supply or stock of something → 1450 arch.
► ADSTUPIATE to greatly esteem wealth → 1623 obs.
► BE MADE OF MONEY to be very wealthy → 1781 colloq.
► BIG-NOTE to exaggerate about one’s wealth or importance → 1948 Aust. & NZ sl.
► 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 IT to flaunt one’s material wealth → 2000 sl.
► BLING-BLING to demonstrate one’s material wealth → 2000 sl., orig. African-American
► BUTTER-AND-EGG to act or pose as a wealthy provincial business or farmer → 1932 US sl.
► CATCH to attract a wealthy person as a spouse or partner → 1450
► CHINCH to hoard wealth like a miser → 1425 obs.
► COME THE ROTHSCHILD to pretend to great wealth → 1905 sl.
► CUT IT FAT to make a display of one’s wealth, to live luxuriously → 1827 colloq.
► DEPLUME to strip or deprive of honour, wealth, etc. → 1651
► DISPEND to pay away or spend money, wealth → 1330 obs.
► DO THE NOBBY to act as a person of wealth or sophistication → 1857 obs.
► EAT GOLD to believe that one can subsist on great wealth alone → 1599
► ENHANCE to exalt in dignity, rank, or wealth → 1374 obs.
► ENRICH to make rich, wealthy, or opulent → 1382
► ENWEALTHY to make wealthy → 1594 obs.
► FEATHER ONE’S NEST to avail oneself of opportunities for laying up wealth, to enrich oneself → 1583
► FILL ONE’S PIPE to attain to easy circumstances or wealth → 1821 sl.
► FLASH IT to show off one’s money or wealth in an ostentatious manner → 1994 US sl.
► FLOSS to show off by flaunting one’s wealth, possessions, etc. → 1938 sl. chiefly US
► FLOW of wealth: to abound → a1000 obs.
► GATHER to accumulate wealth → a1225 obs.
► GET to acquire wealth or property → 1505 obs.
► GILD to provide with gold, money, or wealth → 1584
► GO FOR THE NOBBY to act as a person of wealth or sophistication → 1863 obs.
► GREASE THE FAT PIG ► GREASE THE FAT SOW to give to those who are already wealthy → 1562
► GROSE ► GROSS ► GROZE to amass wealth; to save or hoard money or goods → 1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial. obs.
► HAVE DEEP POCKETS to be wealthy → 1945
► HAVE NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD to have more wealth or material possessions than ever before → 1944
► HAVE PLENTY OF STIR ON to be wealthy → L19 sl.
► I-WEALY to make a person wealthy or wealthier; also, to enrich, to improve, to enhance something → a1000 obs.
► LARD to increase the wealth of → 1566
► LINE ONE’S POCKETS to accumulate wealth, especially illicitly or at the expense of others → 1704
► LIVE LARGE to be very wealthy, successful, or popular, especially ostentatiously so → 1596
► MAKE ONE’S WAY to improve oneself in terms of wealth, rank, etc. → 1579
► MARRY MONEY to marry a wealthy person → 1640
► MUCK to hoard money, wealth, etc. → 1413 obs.
► PLUSH to be wealthy; to live luxuriously; to display wealth → 1967 US sl. (Bk.)
► PURCHASE to amass wealth, to become rich, to do well → 1425 obs.
► PUT ON THE RITZ ► PUT THE RITZ ON to make a display of wealth or luxury → 1920 sl., orig. US
► RAIM to get possession of wealth, land, etc. → 1325 obs.
► RAKE to acquire wealth → 1583
► RAKE AND SCRAPE to acquire wealth; to accumulate money little by little; to scrimp and save → 1720
► SHRED to strip a person of their wealth → 1548 obs.
► STRIKE IT RICH to gain sudden wealth → 1869 sl.
► TROLL to accumulate money or wealth, especially profusely or abundantly → 1573 obs.
► VAIL of persons; to be worth in respect of means or wealth → 1576 obs.
► WALLOW to abound or ‘roll’ in wealth or possessions → 1400 obs.
► WALLOW IN VELVET to be wealthy → 1936 US sl.