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rich
having a lot of money – used about people and places:
• She married a rich Greek shipowner. • one of the world’s richest nations
wealthy
rich – used about people and places, especially when they have been rich for a long time:
• wealthy landowners • Orange County is a very wealthy area. • a wealthy Arab businessman
affluent
formal rich – used about societies, groups of people, or areas where people live, where people have nice houses and a lot of expensive possessions:
• today’s affluent society • affluent young professionals • an affluent suburb of Boston
prosperous
formal rich – used about places and groups of people, especially when their money is related to success in business:
• Sales have grown fastest in the more prosperous areas of the south. • prosperous merchants and bankers
well-off
fairly rich compared to other people, so that you can live very comfortably:
• Her parents are pretty well-off. • children from well-off families
well-to-do
written rich – used especially in the past about families and people who had a fairly high position in society:
• Only well-to-do families could afford to send their children to university. • The Westons were now well-to-do and there was no necessity for work.
privileged
having special advantages because your family have a lot of money and a high position in society:
• He comes from a privileged background. • The sport was only played by a privileged few .
comfortably off
[ not before noun ] having enough money to have a nice life without having to worry about money:
• I wouldn’t say that we were rich – just comfortably off.
be rolling in it/be loaded
informal to be extremely rich:
• They’ve got two houses and a boat – they must be rolling in it. • Her books were so successful that she’s loaded now.
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wealthy
person/family/area
affluent
society/area/family/lifestyle
prosperous
area/economy/middle class
well-to-do
family
privileged
person/background/few/elite
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rich
adverbs
very rich
• He is a very rich man.
extremely rich
• He came from an extremely rich Viennese family.
immensely rich
(= extremely rich )
• He was immensely rich and owned two yachts.
fabulously rich
(= extremely rich )
• She must have been fabulously rich to live in a house like this.
seriously rich
(= very rich )
• They stand to become seriously rich if the venture succeeds.
stinking/filthy rich
disapproving (= very rich )
• She was obviously stinking rich.
verbs
get rich
• They just wanted to get rich. • get rich quick schemes
become rich
• Over the years, he became enormously rich.
grow rich
(= become rich )
• They have grown rich by selling this technology to other companies.
make somebody rich
• The trade in tea made the British rich.
phrases
the new rich
disapproving (= people who have recently become rich and spend a lot of money )
• For Russia's new rich, life is a candy store.
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adj. with a lot of money VERBS be, feel, look | become, get, grow people who want to get rich quickly | make sb This discovery never made her rich. ADV. enormously, extremely, fabulously, filthy (informal), immensely, incredibly, seriously, stinking (informal), very He's fabulously rich, one of the richest men in the world. It was mean of her only to give £1?she's filthy rich, you know. | quite, relatively | newly a newly rich businessman containing/providing sth VERBS be ADV. especially, exceptionally, extraordinarily, particularly, unusually, very the exceptionally rich fishing grounds of the North Sea | fairly, quite, relatively | potentially | culturally a culturally rich nation PREP. in Oranges are rich in vitamin C. of food VERBS be ADV. very, wonderfully The sun-dried tomatoes give the dish a wonderfully rich flavour.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary