well-to-do









well-to-do


well-to-do [wel-tuh-doo] SynonymsExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for well-to-do on Thesaurus.com adjective

  1. prosperous; rich.

Origin of well-to-do First recorded in 1815–25 Synonyms for well-to-do See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.com comfortable; affluent, moneyed. Related Words for well-to-do moneyed, wealthy, prosperous, affluent, comfortable, flourishing, loaded, rich, snug, successful Examples from the Web for well-to-do Contemporary Examples of well-to-do

  • You never see a boxer come out of a well-to-do family because they have nothing to fight for.

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    Marlow Stern

    August 1, 2014

  • She reportedly told police that she had 200 well-to-do customers.

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    Michael Daly

    July 14, 2014

  • She works as a maid, scrubbing floors and toilets of the well-to-do families in West Hartford, Connecticut.

    Breaking Mount Everest’s Glass Ceiling

    Amanda Padoan, Peter Zuckerman

    March 30, 2014

  • Mohamed is a well-to-do young father and professional, a devout Muslim and a respected activist.

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    Mike Giglio

    June 30, 2013

  • That, in turn, increases the demand for things that well-to-do Spanish doctors like to buy, like fancy restaurant meals.

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    Megan McArdle

    June 12, 2013

  • Historical Examples of well-to-do

  • It is the superintendent of the factory in our village—a man rich, or, at any rate, well-to-do.

    Brave and Bold

    Horatio Alger

  • At the present day the poor have more children than the well-to-do.

    The Sexual Question

    August Forel

  • In France, especially, well-to-do people often limit their families to two.

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    August Forel

  • And, are not the children of the well-to-do conscripted equally with the children of the poor?

    War Taxation

    Otto H. Kahn

  • Have the children of the well-to-do been backward in volunteering?

    War Taxation

    Otto H. Kahn

  • British Dictionary definitions for well-to-do well-to-do adjective

    1. moderately wealthy
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