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Definition: WELL TO DO |
WELL TO DO1. Well off; prosperous; -- used also adjectively. ``The class well to do in the world.'' --J. H. Newman. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Prosperity | Adjective: prosperous; thriving; Verb: in a fair way, buoyant; well off, well to do, well to do in the world; set up, at one's ease; rich; in good case; in full, in high feather; fortunate, lucky, in luck; born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, born under a lucky star; on the sunny side of the hedge. |
Wealth | Adjective: wealthy, rich, affluent, opulent, moneyed, monied, worth much; well to do, well off; warm; comfortable, well, well provided for. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: WELL TO DO |
| English words defined with "WELL TO DO": Well to live. (references) |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
William H. Taft | 1909-1913 | The exercise of political franchises by those of this race who are intelligent and well to do will be acquiesced in, and the right to vote will be withheld only from the ignorant and irresponsible of both races. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Translations for "WELL TO DO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | në gjendje të mirë ekonomike (in easy, in good circumstances, well off), i pasur (affluent, exuberant, fruity, luxuriant, mellow, opulent, pay, podded, rich, wealthy, well heeled, well off), i kamur (heeled, moneyed, propertied, well heeled, well off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | موسر (affluent, moneyed, opulent, rich, wealthy, well heeled), غني (affluent, in the money, loaded, mean, moneyed, opulent, plushy, rich, spacious, substantial, wealthy, well off), ثري (fat, moneyed, opulent, plushy, posh, privileged, prosperous, rich, substantial, wealthy, well heeled, well off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | състоятелен (cogent, podded, substantial, well off), заможен (fat, fixed, forehanded, propertied, rich, warm, wealthy, well heeled, well off, well-fixed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zámožný (moneyed, opulent, rich, substantial, wealthy, well off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | riche (wealthy, well heeled, well off, well-off), nantis, aisé (well-to-do). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wohlhabend (abundant, affluent, comfortably off, in easy circumstances, moneyed, opulent, prosperous, richly, wealthy, well off, well-to-do), reicht (reaches), betucht, bemittelt (well off), behäbig (complacent, portly, sedans, solid, stolid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πλούσιοσ (abundant in, moneyed, opulent, rich, wealthy), εύποροσ (resourceful, thrifty, well off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אמי" (affluent, well heeled, well off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tehetõs (well off), jómódú (better off, to be well off, wealthy, well doing, well heeled, well-off, well-to-do). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | berduit (wealthy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ricco (abounding, abundant, affluent, empire, full, loaded, mellow, moneyed, pursy, realm, rich, rich person, richer, rife, sumptuous, valuable, wealthier, wealthily, wealthy, well-off), facoltoso (wealthy), benestante (prosperous, wealthy, well off), agiato (comfortable, easy, well heeled), abbiente (propertied). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ellway otay oday prosper (bonanza, flourishing, palmy, prosperous, thrifty, thriving, wealthy), cuprins (area, compass, comprised, content, contents, expanse, extent, field, included, inflamed, region, stretch, summary, surface, well off), chivernisit (well-in), chiabur (kulak, well off), bogat (abundant, abundantly, affluent, ample, amply, bonanza, bountiful, copious, copiously, expensive, exuberant, fat, feathered, fertile, fortuned, free, full, fully, gaudy, heeled, high, highly, lush, luxurious, moneyed, opulent, pecunious, plenteous, plentiful, profuse, purple, rank, redundant, rich, richly, saturated, Square, substantial, sumptuous, valuable, warm, wealthy, well off, well-off), avut (had, moneyed, pecunious, propertied, prosperous, rich, wealthy, well off), înstãrit (circumstanced, in easy circumstances, in good circumstances, independent, rich, warm, wealthy, well off). (various references) состоятельный (opulent, podded, prosperous, substantial, wealthy, well fixed, well off, well-to-do), зажиточный (well off, well-to-do). (various references) bogat (loaded, money: in the money, moneyed, opulent, rich, wealthy). (various references) holgado (baggy, easy, full, loose, roomy, spacious), fácil (cushy, easy, effortless, facile, glib, light, loose, painless, ready, simple), adinerado (moneyed, propertied, wealthy, well off). (various references) välbeställd, välbärgad (comfortable, comfy, forehanded, made, well off, well-off, well-to-do), tät (close, compact, dense, frequent, head, loaded, murky, proof, thick, tight, vanguard, well heeled), burgen (affluent), bärgad. (various references) varlıklı (affluent, brownstone, propertied, rich, wealthy, well off, well situated, well-endowed), tuzu kuru, hali vakti yerinde (in good circumstances, well off, well situated, well-endowed). (various references) квітучий (blooming, blowing, efflorescent, flourishing, flowered, flowering, full blown, pert, thrifty, wholesome), заможний (opulent, propertied, prosperous, silk stocking, substantial, wealthy, well heeled, worth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-l-l-o-o-t-w" | |
-1 letter: woolled. | |
-2 letters: dewool, looted, toledo, tolled, tooled, wooled. | |
-3 letters: dowel, dwell, dwelt, looed, lowed, owlet, toled, towed, towel, wooed. | |
-4 letters: dell, delt, dole, doll, dolt, dote, lewd, lode, loot, lowe, oleo, owed, tell, toed, told, tole, toll, tool, weld, well, welt, wold, wood, wool. | |
-5 letters: del, dew, doe, dol, dot, dow, eld, ell, led, let. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-l-l-o-o-t-w" | |
+4 letters: otherworldly. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Speeches 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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