Synonyms of well-to-do

well-to-do

adjective

ˌwel-tə-ˈdü 

as in wealthy

having goods, property, or money in abundance

a doctor who is now quite well-to-do as a result of his successful medical practice

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wealthy
• rich
• affluent
• moneyed
• well-off
• successful
• opulent
• well-heeled
• well-endowed
• prosperous
• fat-cat
• better-off
• deep-pocketed
• silk-stocking
• loaded
• comfortable
• well-fixed
• in the chips
• propertied
• fat
• privileged
• flush
• thriving
• prospering
• substantial
• advantaged
• flourishing
• blessed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poor
• impoverished
• needy
• indigent
• destitute
• impecunious
• penniless
• penurious
• disadvantaged
• underprivileged
• deprived
• poverty-stricken
• indebted
• bankrupt
• hand-to-mouth
• insolvent
• ruined
• depressed
• broke
• unaffluent
• short
• low
• reduced
• pinched
• straitened
• pauperized
• beggared
• skint
• bankrupted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of well-to-do

The calming locales both complement and contradict the plot’s revelations, which are hardly bombshells but do speak to how well-to-do families labor to shove inconvenient skeletons into the closet. — Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

After more than three years, Pennsylvania authorities have announced a break in one of the state’s most notable cold cases — the murder of a married couple in a well-to-do suburb of Philadelphia. — Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 24 June 2026

In the 2006 film Friends with Money, Cusack played the role of Franny, one of Olivia’s (Jennifer Aniston) three well-to-do friends. — Laura Millar, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026

The six-part followed as Wright’s Laura, a well-to-do London art dealer, who loses her grip on reality when her precious son Daniel (Davidson) brings home new girlfriend Cherry (Cooke). — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 June 2026