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wealth

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of wealth

1 the total of one's money and property
  • Her wealth increased to the point where she could afford several luxurious homes.
Synonyms of wealth

assets, capital, fortune, means, opulence, riches, substance, wherewithal, worth
Words Related to wealth

belongings, chattels, effects, holdings, paraphernalia, possessions, things

bankroll, deep pockets, finances, funds, money, wallet

abundance, affluence, prosperity, success

treasure, valuables

accession, acquisition, personal property, personalty, property

nest egg, reserve, resources, savings, treasury
Near Antonyms of wealth

debts, liabilities

indebtedness
2 a considerable amount
  • a wealth of advice from all quarters on how they should spend their lottery winnings
Synonyms of wealth

abundance, barrel, basketful, boatload, bucket, bunch, bundle, bushel, carload, chunk, deal, dozen, fistful, gobs, good deal, heap, hundred, loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, multiplicity, myriad, oodles, pack, passel, peck, pile, plateful, plenitude, plentitude, plenty, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, sight, slew, spate, stack, store, ton, volume, wad, yard
Words Related to wealth

epidemic, plague, rash

bonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, plethora, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus

deluge, flood, overflow

army, bevy, cram, crowd, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mob, multitude, press, score, sea, swarm, throng
Phrases Synonymous with wealth

all kinds (of), quite a bit
Near Antonyms of wealth

atom, crumb, dot, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, grain, granule, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, mote, nubbin, particle, ray, scintilla, scrap, shred, tittle, whit

smatter, smattering
Antonyms of wealth

ace, bit, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, handful, hint, lick, little, mite, mouthful, nip, ounce, peanuts, pinch, pittance, scruple, shade, shadow, smidgen (also smidgeon), speck, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, streak, tad, touch, trace
3 an amount or supply more than sufficient to meet one's needs
  • a wealth of documentation to support her thesis
Synonyms of wealth

abundance, cornucopia, feast, plenitude, plentitude, plenty, plethora, superabundance
Words Related to wealth

adequacy, competence, competency, sufficiency

ampleness, amplitude, liberality

excess, overdose, overflow, overkill, oversupply, redundancy, superfluity, superfluousness, surfeit, surplus

copiousness, fecundity, fertility, fruitfulness, opulence, richness

lavishness, luxuriance
Phrases Synonymous with wealth

embarrassment of riches
Near Antonyms of wealth

paucity, poverty, scarcity

barrenness, infertility, sterility
Antonyms of wealth

deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency, undersupply

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