well-heeled

adjective

in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich

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they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards

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easy living

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a prosperous family

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his family is well-situated financially

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well-to-do members of the community

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↑comfortable, ↑easy, ↑prosperous, ↑well-fixed, ↑well-off, ↑well-situated, ↑well-to-do

• Similar to: ↑rich

• Derivationally related forms: ↑prosperity (for: ↑prosperous)

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adj

rich, wealthy, prosperous, affluent, well-off, moneyed, comfortable, well-to-do, solid, substantial

FORMAL opulent

COLLOQ. flush, rolling in it, made of money, fat-cat, posh

OLD COLLOQ. oofy

SLANG loaded, filthy rich, stinking rich

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective

: having plenty of money : well-fixed

well-dressed, well-heeled and well-mannered clientele — Richard Thruelsen

an expert lobby every whit as influential and well-heeled as the China lobby — Atlantic

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/wel"heeld"/, adj. Informal.

well-off; rich.

[1895-1900]

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well-heeledˈ adjective

Prosperous, rich

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Main Entry: ↑well

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well-heeled UK [ˌwel ˈhiːld] US [ˌwel ˈhild] adjective informal

rich

a well-heeled young man

Thesaurus: rich_synonym

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well-heeled «WEHL HEELD», adjective. U.S. Informal.

1. well-to-do; prosperous: »

A group of well-heeled oilmen are in the process of acquiring 5,000 acres of choice land between Dallas and Fort Worth for $10 million (Time).

2. dressed well and giving the impression of having enough money to maintain oneself: »

They are all well-heeled and live universally beyond their means (Phyllis McGinley).

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adj. informal wealthy

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/ˌwɛlˈhiːld/ adj [more \well-heeled; most \well-heeled]

informal : having plenty of money : ↑wealthy

well-heeled investors

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well-heeled, ppl. a.

see heeled ppl. a. 2 b.