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Synonyms: Well-to-doSynonyms: comfortable (adj), easy (adj), prosperous (adj), well-fixed (adj), well-heeled (adj), well-off (adj), well-situated (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Well-to-do |
| Specialty definitions using "well-to-do": Chestnuts ♦ St. Monday ♦ Teasing. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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 | What an election! only the well-to-do voted, and they're all Republicans.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Farm buildings of a well-to-do farmer on the outskirts of Nashville, Brown County, Indiana.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | A more well-to-do miner listening to the radio when he returns home in the morning after working on the night shift. He is Polish, his wife Hungarian. These "foreigners" are generally thrifties and their houses are cleaner than the Negros or "Americans.".Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | West Bank | Competitively priced U.S. brand names are popular, particularly with well-to-do Palestinian consumers. (references) |
Human Rights | Paraguay | Prisons have separate accommodations for well-to-do prisoners, which ensure that those with sufficient means receive far better treatment than other prisoners. (references) |
Travel | Bahamas | When they do so, dinners at the homes of well-to-do Bahamians tend to be elaborate and formal affairs, at which business attire for men and conservative evening wear for women is appropriate. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
William H. Taft | 1909-1913 | There is in the South a stronger feeling than ever among the intelligent well-to-do, and influential element in favor of the industrial education of the Negro and the encouragement of the race to make themselves useful members of the community. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Well-to-do" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Well-to-do" is used about 132 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 132 | 27,743 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "well-to-do"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | bemiddeld (in easy circumstances). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | богатите (the rich, the well-to-do). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 富裕 (prosperous, well-off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | velhavende (in easy circumstances). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | welgesteld (in easy circumstances), gezeten (in easy circumstances), gegoed (in easy circumstances), bemiddeld (in easy circumstances). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | bonhava (in easy circumstances). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vauras (affluent, wealthy, well off), varakas (rich, wealthy, well off), hyvinvoipa (prosperous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | 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). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tehetős, jómódú (better off, to be well off, wealthy, well doing, well heeled, well to do, well-off), gazdag (affluent, be in the money, crackerjack, crummy, exuberant, fat, fraught, luxuriant, mellow, moneyed, plenteous, plentiful, redundant, rich, spicy, superabundant, to be in the chips, wealthy, well heeled, well-off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kaya (moneyed, rich), kandel (heavy, rich, thick), cukup (adequate, adequately, enough, exactly, good-enough, quite, rather). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 잘 에. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | souyr (affluent, comfortable, snug, well off), palchagh (abundant, affluent, copious, plenteous, well off), lught yn argid (moneyed classes, the rich, wealthy), berchagh (opulent, rich, wealthy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ell-to-doway состоятельный (opulent, podded, prosperous, substantial, wealthy, well fixed, well off, well to do), зажиточный (well off, well to do). (various references) acomodado (accommodated, in easy circumstances, off, substantial, well off). (various references) välbärgad (comfortable, comfy, forehanded, made, well off, well to do, well-off). (various references) ьpjьn (in full supply, provided for). (various references) sung túc (comfortable, plenteous, plentiful), khá gi. (various references) cefnog (affluent, well-off). (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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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 65 6C 6C 2D 74 6F 2D 64 6F |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01100101 01101100 01101100 00101101 01110100 01101111 00101101 01100100 01101111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W e l l - t o - d o |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0065 006C 006C 002D 0074 006F 002D 0064 006F |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)57717878158681157081 |
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