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WEALTHY PERSON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wealthy person mean?
• WEALTHY PERSON (noun)
The noun WEALTHY PERSON has 1 sense:
1. a person who possesses great material wealth
Familiarity information: WEALTHY PERSON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who possesses great material wealth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
have; rich person; wealthy person
Hypernyms ("wealthy person" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wealthy person"):
affluent (an affluent person; a person who is financially well off)
Croesus (a very wealthy man)
fat cat (a wealthy and privileged person)
man of means; rich man; wealthy man (a man who is wealthy)
millionairess (a woman millionaire)
plutocrat (someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth)
millionaire (a person whose material wealth is valued at more than a million dollars)
billionaire (a very rich person whose material wealth is valued at more than a billion dollars)
multi-billionaire (a very rich person whose material wealth is valued at many billions of dollars)
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