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# wealthy

«wealthy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Having a lot of money and property; rich** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (wealthy, wealthier, wealthiest); noun (the wealthy)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Having a lot of money and property; rich. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wealthy/#m1)

2) «The wealthy» means rich people as a group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wealthy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories: a wealthy merchant or family. In history and social studies: differences between wealthy and poor people. In maths, wealthy people may appear in money problems. Phrases: «wealthy family», «the wealthy».

### examples

- A wealthy merchant built the big house on the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wealthy/#x1)
- The wealthy often pay more tax. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wealthy/#x2)
- She became wealthy by selling her paintings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wealthy/#x3)
- Being wealthy doesn't always make people happy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wealthy/#x4)
- The wealthy king gave gold to the poor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wealthy/#x5)
- They lived in a wealthy part of town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wealthy/#x6)

### note

A bit more formal than «rich». Noun: wealth. Comparative wealthier (y → i). Opposite: poor.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wealthy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wealthy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.