WEALTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wealth mean? 

• WEALTH (noun)
  The noun WEALTH has 4 senses:

1. the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money

2. the quality of profuse abundance

3. an abundance of material possessions and resources

4. property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value

  Familiarity information: WEALTH used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WEALTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

wealth; wealthiness

Context example:

great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence

Hypernyms ("wealth" is a kind of...):

financial condition (the condition of (corporate or personal) finances)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wealth"):

affluence; richness (abundant wealth)

inherited wealth (wealth that is inherited rather than earned)

luxuriousness; luxury; opulence; sumptuousness (wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living)

mammon (wealth regarded as an evil influence)

sufficiency (sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations)

Antonym:

poverty (the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions)

Derivation:

wealthy (having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of profuse abundance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

she has a wealth of talent

Hypernyms ("wealth" is a kind of...):

abundance; copiousness; teemingness (the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An abundance of material possessions and resources

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

riches; wealth

Hypernyms ("wealth" is a kind of...):

material resource (assets in the form of material possessions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wealth"):

gold (great wealth)

hoarded wealth; treasure (accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.)

Derivation:

wealthy (having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("wealth" is a kind of...):

belongings; holding; property (something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wealth"):

money (wealth reckoned in terms of money)

 Context examples 

Mr. Collins's present circumstances made it a most eligible match for their daughter, to whom they could give little fortune; and his prospects of future wealth were exceedingly fair.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

She had been a beauty, and a prosperous beauty, all her life; and beauty and wealth were all that excited her respect.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

With their wealth, their views increased; their want of a larger house, their inclination for more company.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient "talk big" or claim to have more abilities or wealth than is true?

(NPI - Talk Big or Claim to Have More Abilities or Wealth Than is True, NCI Thesaurus)

Never had he in his quiet life seen so great a town, nor was there in the whole of England, save London alone, one which might match it in size or in wealth.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is not a case of wealth, you understand.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Let us leave him that, said the young lady; he has already lost his wealth.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

By his own marriage, likewise, which happened soon afterwards, he added to his wealth.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

There was power in all that wealth of books, and if he would do great things, he must do them on the land.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Saturn, known for its ability to create structure, will also help you build a program that you’ll stick to that will allow you to accumulate wealth.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)