wealth

Noun
Synonyms: wealthinessriches

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money“great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence”Synonyms: wealthiness
  2. the quality of profuse abundance“she has a wealth of talent”
  3. an abundance of material possessions and resourcesSynonyms: riches
  4. property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Wealth \Wealth\, n. [OE. welthe, from wele; cf. D. weelde luxury. See Weal prosperity.] [1913 Webster]

1.Weal; welfare; prosperity; good. [Obs.] "Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth." --1 Cor. x. 24. [1913 Webster]

2.Large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches. [1913 Webster]

I have little wealth to lose.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Each day new wealth, without their care, provides.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
Wealth comprises all articles of value and nothing else.— F. A. Walker.[1913 Webster]

3.(Econ.) (a) In the private sense, all property which has a money value. (b) In the public sense, all objects, esp. material objects, which have economic utility. (c) Those energies, faculties, and habits directly contributing to make people industrially efficient; in this sense, specifically called personal wealth. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Active wealth. See under Active. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Riches; affluence; opulence; abundance. [1913 Webster]

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