wealth
Roget category 803
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.9. Possessive relations
›› 5.9.4. Monetary relations
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Wealth
noun
wealth,
riches,
fortune,
handsome fortune,
opulence,
affluence —
good circumstances,
easy circumstances —
independence —
competence
etc.
(sufficiency)
639 —
solvency.
provision,
livelihood,
maintenance —
alimony,
dowry —
means,
resources,
substance —
property
etc.
780 —
command of money.
income
etc.
810 —
capital,
money —
round sum
etc.
(treasure)
800 —
mint of money,
mine of wealth,
El Dorado [Sp.],
bonanza,
Pacatolus,
Golconda,
Potosi.
long purse,
full purse,
well lined purse,
heavy purse,
deep pockets —
purse of Fortunatus [Lat.] —
embarras de richesses [Fr.].
pelf,
Mammon,
lucre,
filthy lucre —
loaves and fishes†.
rich man,
moneyed man,
warm man —
man of substance —
capitalist,
millionaire,
tippybob [Slang],
Nabob,
Croesus,
idas,
Plutus,
Dives,
Timon of Athens† —
Timocracy,
Plutocracy —
Danae.
verb
be rich
etc.
adj. —
roll in wealth,
roll in riches,
wallow in wealth,
wallow in riches.
afford,
well afford —
command money,
command a sum —
make both ends meet,
hold one's head above water.
become rich
etc.
adj. —
strike it rich —
come into a sum of money,
receive a windfall,
receive an inheritance,
hit the jackpot,
win the lottery —
fill one's pocket
etc.
(treasury)
802 —
feather one's nest,
make a fortune —
make money
etc.
(acquire)
775.
enrich,
imburse.
worship the golden calf,
worship Mammon.
adjective
wealthy,
rich,
affluent,
opulent,
moneyed,
monied,
worth much —
well to do,
well off —
warm —
comfortable,
well,
well provided for.
made of money —
rich as Croesus,
filthy rich,
rich as a Jew† —
rolling in riches,
rolling in wealth.
flush,
flush of cash,
flush of money,
flush of tin [Slang] —
in funds,
in cash,
in full feather —
solvent,
pecunious†,
out of debt,
in the black,
all straight.
phrase
one's ship coming in.
amour fait beaucoup mais argent fait tout [Fr.],
love does much but money does everything —
aurea rumpunt tecta quietem [Lat.]
[Seneca];
magna servitus ist magna fortuna [Lat.] —
mammon, the least erected spirit that fell from mammon, the least erected spirit that fell from Heaven"
[Paradise Lost];
opum furiata cupido [Lat.]
[Ovid];
vera prosperita e non aver necessita [It] —
wie gewonnen so zerronnen [G.].
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Bold numbers signify related Roget categories. A dagger symbol (†) indicates archaic words and expressions no longer in common use.
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