wealth

UK: /ˈwɛlθ/ US: /wɛlθ/ ,(welth)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

wealth /wɛlθ/   n. 

1. Business [uncountable] a great deal of money, property, or possessions.
2. a large amount of something;
   an abundance:
   [countable] a wealth of information.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

wealth  (welth), n. 

1. Business a great quantity or store of money, valuable possessions, property, or other riches:
   the wealth of a city.
2. an abundance or profusion of anything;
   plentiful amount:
   a wealth of imagery.
3. Business [Econ.]
   • all things that have a monetary or exchange value.
   • anything that has utility and is capable of being appropriated or exchanged.
4. rich or valuable contents or produce:
   the wealth of the soil.
5. the state of being rich;
   prosperity;
   affluence:
   persons of wealth and standing.
6. [Obs.] happiness.

• 1200–50; Middle English welth (see well¹, -th¹); modeled on health

wealth′less, adj. 
Synonyms

• 2. richness, amplitude, fullness.
• 3. a. possessions, assets, goods, property, money.
• 5. opulence, fortune.

Antonyms

• 5. poverty.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

wealth / wɛlθ/ noun

1. a large amount of money and valuable material possessions
2. the state of being rich
3. a great profusion: a wealth of gifts
4. all goods and services with monetary, exchangeable, or productive value

Etymology: 13th Century welthe, from weal²; related to well¹