Meanings
- Possessing significant wealth, especially as suggesting social standing.
He seemed a person of means and leisure, but he knew nothing of recent concerts, theatres, or books.
1896, H. G. Wells, chapter 29, in The Wheels of Chance2 more examples
The reward offered by Mrs. Hasbrouck for the detection of the murderer was a very large one. She is a woman of means.
1915, Anna Katharine Green, The Golden Slipper, Problem 7Rich and pretty, he shows how meaningless it is to be a man of means. He in incapacitated by wealth, status and the availability of sex with good-looking people.
2007 August 5, Richard Corliss, “When Antonioni Blew Up the Movies”, in TimeSynonyms: affluent, prosperous, wealthy, well off, well-to-do
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phrasePossessing significant wealth, especially as suggesting social standing.
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