affluence; good circumstances, easy circumstances; independence;
competence &c (sufficiency) 639; solvency.
provision, livelihood, maintenance; alimony, dowry; means,
resources, substance; property &c 780; command of money.
income &c 810; capital, money; round sum &c (treasure) 800; mint
of money, mine of wealth, El Dorado [Sp.], bonanza, Pacatolus,
Golconda, Potosi.
long purse, full purse, well lined purse, heavy purse, deep
pockets; purse of Fortunatus [Lat.]; embarras de richesses [Fr.].
pelf, Mammon, lucre, filthy lucre; loaves and fishes†.
rich man, moneyed man, warm man; man of substance; capitalist,
millionaire, tippybob [Slang], Nabob, Croesus, idas, Plutus, Dives,
Timon of Athens†; Timocracy, Plutocracy; Danae.
V. be rich &c adj.; roll in wealth, roll in riches, wallow in wealth,
wallow in riches.
afford, well afford; command money, command a sum; make both ends
meet, hold one's head above water.
become rich &c adj.; strike it rich; come into a sum of money,
receive a windfall, receive an inheritance, hit the jackpot, win the
lottery; fill one's pocket &c (treasury) 802; feather one's nest, make
a fortune; make money &c (acquire) 775.
enrich, imburse.
worship the golden calf, worship Mammon.
Adj. wealthy, rich, affluent, opulent, moneyed, monied, worth much;
well to do, well off; warm; comfortable, well, well provided for.
made of money; rich as Croesus, filthy rich, rich as a Jew†;
rolling in riches, rolling in wealth.
flush, flush of cash, flush of money, flush of tin [Slang]; in
funds, in cash, in full feather; solvent, pecunious†, out of debt, in
the black, all straight.
Phr. one's ship coming in.
amour fait beaucoup mais argent fait tout [Fr.], love does much
but money does everything; aurea rumpunt tecta quietem [Lat.] [Seneca];
magna servitus ist magna fortuna [Lat.]; mammon, the least erected
spirit that fell from Heaven [Paradise Lost]; opum furiata cupido
[Lat.] [Ovid]; vera prosperita e non aver necessita [It]; wie gewonnen
so zerronnen [G.].