well-to-do

(wĕl'tə-dū')
adj.
Prosperous; affluent; well-off.

n. (used with a pl. verb)
Affluent or wealthy people: Demonstrators protested that the tax bill favored the well-to-do.

[From the phrase well to do in the world : WELL², prosperous, affluent + TO, for + DO¹, doing.]

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adjective

Enjoying steady good fortune or financial security: comfortable, easy, prosperous, well-heeled, well-off. Informal well-fixed. Idioms: comfortably off, in clover, on easy street. See rich/poor, thrive/fail/exist.

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• Spending, Receiving, and Possessing Wealth - well-to-do: (adj) prosperous, wealthy

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See words rhyming with "well-to-do."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - velstående

Nederlands (Dutch)
welgesteld, welgestelden

Français (French)
adj. - aisé, riche

Deutsch (German)
adj. - wohlhabend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - (οι) εύποροι
adj. - ευκατάστατος, εύπορος

Italiano (Italian)
ricchi, benestante

Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - ricos (m pl)
adj. - satisfeito, rico

Русский (Russian)
состоятельный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - próspero, acomodado, adinerado, acaudalado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - välbärgade människor
adj. - välbärgad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
小康的, 经济富裕的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 小康的, 經濟富裕的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 유복한, 부유 계급

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 裕福な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الجمع) غني, ثري, موسر (صفه) غني‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עשיר, אמיד, משגשג‬

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