Wealth·y a. [Compar. Wealthier superl. Wealthiest.]
1. Having wealth; having large possessions, or larger than most men, as lands, goods, money, or securities; opulent; affluent; rich.
A wealthy Hebrew of my tribe. --Shak.
Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. --Ps. lxvi. 12.
2. Hence, ample; full; satisfactory; abundant. [R.]
The wealthy witness of my pen. --B. Jonson.
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wealthy
adj : having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value;
"an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash";
"not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats";
"wealthy corporations" [syn: affluent, flush, loaded,
moneyed]
[also: wealthiest, wealthier]