Meanings
nounwealth (countable and uncountable, plural wealths)
plural wealths · alternative obsolete wealthe · alternative obsolete welth · alternative obsolete welthe
- uncountableeconomicsRiches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.
Money talks, but true wealth whispers.
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The existence of many nations and national characters is part of the cultural wealth of mankind, and there is no reason to seek to diminish their number.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 287 - countableA great amount; an abundance or plenty.
She brings a wealth of knowledge to the project.
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There is a wealth of carved wood inside: from pulpit to pews, screens to lectern, and a large medieval chest made from a hollowed-out log of bog-oak with a massive lid.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 269, about a church in Lower PeoverBeyond its aim to bring patients the most effective treatments faster, the service is expected to generate a wealth of data on the interplay between DNA, health and lifestyles, which will become a powerful tool for research into cancer and other diseases.
2018 July 3, Ian Sample, “Routine DNA tests will put NHS at the 'forefront of medicine'”, in The Guardian - obsoleteuncountableProsperity; well-being; happiness.
Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 10:241 more example
I once did lend my body for his wealth, / Which, but for him that had your husband's ring, / Had quite miscarried: […]
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]
Synonyms & antonyms
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Broader
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nounthe state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money
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Broader
financial condition
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*wel-“good, best”
- Proto-Germanic*walô“well-being, prosperity”
- Old Englishwela“wealth, prosperity”
- Proto-West Germanic*waliþu“wealth”
- Old English*welþ
- Middle Englishwelth
- Englishwealth
Inherited from Middle English welth, welthe (“happiness, prosperity”), from Old English *welþ, *welþu, from Proto-West Germanic *waliþu (“wealth”). Alternatively, possibly an alteration (due to similar words in -th: compare helth (“health”), derth (“dearth”)) of wele (“wealth, well-being, weal”), from Old English wela (“wealth, prosperity”), from Proto-Germanic *walô (“well-being, prosperity”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“good, best”); equivalent to weal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with West Frisian wielde (“wealth”), Dutch weelde (“wealth”), Low German Weelde (“wealth”), Old High German welida, welitha (“wealth”). Related also to German Wohl (“welfare, well-being, weal”), Danish vel (“weal, welfare”), Swedish väl (“well-being, weal”). More at weal, well.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans rykdom, rykdom
- rykdomriches; valuable material possessions
- rykdomgreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
Ancient Greek πλοῦτος
- πλοῦτος (ploûtos)riches; valuable material possessions
Arabic أَمْوَال, ثَرْوَة
- أَمْوَال (ʔamwāl)riches; valuable material possessions
- ثَرْوَة (ṯarwa)riches; valuable material possessions
Basque aberastasun
- aberastasunriches; valuable material possessions
Bengali ধন, সম্পত্তি
- ধন (dhon)riches; valuable material possessions
- সম্পত্তি (śompotti)riches; valuable material possessions
Bulgarian бога́тство, изоби́лие
- бога́тство (bogátstvo)riches; valuable material possessions
- изоби́лие (izobílie)great amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- благосъстоя́ние (blagosăstojánie)power, of the kind associated with a great deal of money
Catalan patrimoni, riquesa
- patrimoniriches; valuable material possessions
- riquesariches; valuable material possessions
- riquesagreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- abundànciagreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
Chinese Cantonese 財富 /财富
- 財富 /财富 (coi⁴ fu³)riches; valuable material possessions
Chinese Mandarin 財富 /财富
- 財富 /财富 (cáifù)riches; valuable material possessions
Czech bohatství, bohatství
- bohatstvíriches; valuable material possessions
- bohatstvígreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
Danish rigdom, rigdom
- rigdomriches; valuable material possessions
- rigdomgreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- velstandgreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- formuegreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
Dutch rijkdom, rijkdom
- rijkdomriches; valuable material possessions
- rijkdomgreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- weeldegreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- vermogenpower, of the kind associated with a great deal of money
Esperanto riĉeco
- riĉecoriches; valuable material possessions
Estonian rikkus
- rikkusriches; valuable material possessions
Finnish varallisuus, rikkaus
- varallisuusriches; valuable material possessions
- rikkausriches; valuable material possessions
- rikkaudetriches; valuable material possessions
- rikkausgreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- rikkauspower, of the kind associated with a great deal of money
French richesse, profusion
- richesseriches; valuable material possessions
- profusiongreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- abondancegreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
German Reichtum, Vermögen
- Reichtumriches; valuable material possessions
- Vermögenriches; valuable material possessions
- Füllegreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
Greek πλούτος, πλούτος
- πλούτος (ploútos)riches; valuable material possessions
- πλούτος (ploútos)great amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
Hebrew עושר \ עֹשֶׁר
- עושר \ עֹשֶׁר ('ósher)riches; valuable material possessions
Hindi धन, संपत्ति
- धन (dhan)riches; valuable material possessions
- संपत्ति (sampatti)riches; valuable material possessions
- संपन्न (sampann)great amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- समृद्ध (samŕddh)great amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
Hungarian gazdagság, vagyon
- gazdagságriches; valuable material possessions
- vagyongreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- bőséggreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
Icelandic auður
- auðurriches; valuable material possessions
Irish saibhreas
- saibhreasriches; valuable material possessions
Italian ricchezza, patrimonio
- ricchezzariches; valuable material possessions
- patrimonioriches; valuable material possessions
- abbondanzagreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
Japanese 財産, 富
- 財産 (zaisan)riches; valuable material possessions
- 富 (tomi)riches; valuable material possessions
- 財 (takara)riches; valuable material possessions
- 富裕 (fuyū)riches; valuable material possessions
- 豊富 (hōfu)great amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- 富 (tomi)power, of the kind associated with a great deal of money
Korean 부유, 부
- 부유 (buyu)riches; valuable material possessions
- 부 (bu)riches; valuable material possessions
- 재산 (jaesan)riches; valuable material possessions
- 풍부 (pungbu)great amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- 부 (bu)power, of the kind associated with a great deal of money
Latin ops, dīvitiae
- opsriches; valuable material possessions
- dīvitiaeriches; valuable material possessions
- locupletatioriches; valuable material possessions
Latvian bagātība, turība
- bagātībariches; valuable material possessions
- turībariches; valuable material possessions
- mantībagreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- bagātībagreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- labklājībagreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
Lithuanian tur̃tas
- tur̃tasriches; valuable material possessions
Malay kekayaan
- kekayaanriches; valuable material possessions
Norwegian Bokmål rikdom
- rikdomriches; valuable material possessions
Polish zamożność, bogactwo
- zamożnośćriches; valuable material possessions
- bogactworiches; valuable material possessions
- bogatośćriches; valuable material possessions
- bogactwogreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- mnóstwogreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
Portuguese riqueza, abundância
- riquezariches; valuable material possessions
- abundânciagreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- poderpower, of the kind associated with a great deal of money
Romanian avere, bogăție
- avereriches; valuable material possessions
- bogățieriches; valuable material possessions
Russian бога́тство, благосостоя́ние
- бога́тство (bogátstvo)riches; valuable material possessions
- благосостоя́ние (blagosostojánije)riches; valuable material possessions
- бога́тство (bogátstvo)great amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- изоби́лие (izobílije)great amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- благосостоя́ние (blagosostojánije)power, of the kind associated with a great deal of money
- благополу́чие (blagopolúčije)power, of the kind associated with a great deal of money
Scottish Gaelic ionmhas, beartas
- ionmhasriches; valuable material possessions
- beartasriches; valuable material possessions
- maoinriches; valuable material possessions
- beartasgreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
Slovak bohatstvo
- bohatstvoriches; valuable material possessions
Spanish prosperidad, riqueza
- prosperidadriches; valuable material possessions
- riquezariches; valuable material possessions
Swedish rikedom, förmögenhet
- rikedomriches; valuable material possessions
- förmögenhetriches; valuable material possessions
- välståndriches; valuable material possessions
- rikedomgreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- förmögenhetgreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- välståndgreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- maktpower, of the kind associated with a great deal of money
- mäktighetpower, of the kind associated with a great deal of money
- välgångpower, of the kind associated with a great deal of money
Tagalog yaman
- yamanriches; valuable material possessions
Thai ความรวย, ความมั่งคั่ง
- ความรวย (kwaam-ruai)riches; valuable material possessions
- ความมั่งคั่ง (kwaam-mâng-kâng)riches; valuable material possessions
- ธน (ton)riches; valuable material possessions
Turkish servet, varlık
- servetriches; valuable material possessions
- varlıkriches; valuable material possessions
- bollukgreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- varlıklılıkgreat amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
Ukrainian бага́тство, замо́жність
- бага́тство (bahátstvo)riches; valuable material possessions
- замо́жність (zamóžnistʹ)riches; valuable material possessions
- добро́бут (dobróbut)power, of the kind associated with a great deal of money
Urdu ثَرْوَت, دَھن
- ثَرْوَت (sarvat)riches; valuable material possessions
- دَھن (dhan)riches; valuable material possessions
- دَولَت (daulat)riches; valuable material possessions
Vietnamese tài phúc, sự giàu có
- tài phúcriches; valuable material possessions
- sự giàu córiches; valuable material possessions
Yiddish רײַכקײַט
- רײַכקײַט (raykhkayt)riches; valuable material possessions
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with wealth
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APA
wealth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wealth
MLA
“wealth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wealth. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wealth,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wealth.
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