pecunious

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/pɪˈkjuːniəs/

adjective

With money, wealthy; financially independent.

Opposite
impecunious
OriginLatin pecūnia →
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Meanings

adjectivepecunious (comparative more pecunious, superlative most pecunious)

comparative more pecunious · superlative most pecunious

  1. With money, wealthy; financially independent.

    Initially these outlets catered for the more pecunious element in the population and sold imported and processed goods, ...

    1986, Stella Lowder, Inside Third World Cities, →ISBN, page 182
  2. figurativelyrich (of quality, etc.)

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
impecunious

Origin

  1. Latinpecūnia“money”
  2. Englishpecunious

Ultimately from Latin pecūnia (“money”).

More words from Latin

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

puniceous
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APA

pecunious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pecunious

MLA

“pecunious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pecunious. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pecunious,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pecunious.

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