wealth

Meaning

1. (uncountable) Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.
2. (countable) A great amount; an abundance or plenty.
3. (obsolete, uncountable) Prosperity; well-being; happiness.

Synonyms

riches

property

fortune

money

💸

prosperity

richness

affluence

abundance

opulence

plenty

possessions

assets

treasure

goods

fertility

luxury

fecundicity

belongings

possession

profusion

resources

estate

substance

capital

wealthy

means

valuables

wealthiness

amplitude

multitude

felicity

good fortune

fate

cash

💸

good

👍

treasury

bounty

strength

things

treasures

economy

gold

glory

destiny

plentifulness

coins

funds

pelf

luck

🍀

plenitude

Translations

richesse

Reichtum

riqueza

ricchezza

riqueza

rijkdom

abundancia

Vermögen

weligheid

πλούτος

fortune

Fülle

luxo

riquesa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɛlθ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: welth

Inherited from Old English: *welþ

Inherited from Old English: wela

Cognate with Dutch: weelde

Cognate with Low German: weelde

Cognate with Old High German: welida

Cognate with German: Wohl

Cognate with Danish: vel

Cognate with Swedish: väl

In summary

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 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.

Sentences

Wisdom is the wealth of the wise .