English Explanatory Dictionary

well off

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of a person: in fortunate circumstances, especially having financial security, at any level from intermediate (comfortably off) to high (wealthy).
Of a person or thing: in a good position or circumstance.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-well off.wav

Word forms

well off better off more well off best off most well off well-off

Synonyms

well-heeled comfortable well-endowed wealthy bow-legged wi' brass comfortably off filthy rich loaded minted moneyed moneybags of means oofy rich rich as Croesus rolling rolling in dough rolling in it upper crust well off well-to-do doing well

Antonyms

badly off ill off almsless arm bankrupt beggared beggarly boracic broke broken broker than the Ten Commandments depauperate destitute dirt poor disadvantaged down and out down at heel down on one's luck down on one's uppers empty-handed feeling the pinch flat goodless hard up impecunious impoverished in need indigent insolvent lower-class necessitous needy oofless pauperized penniless penurious pinched pok kai poor poor as a church mouse poor as a rat poor as Job possessionless poverty-ridden poverty-stricken shillingless skint stone-broke stony-broke strapped stuck threadbare unwealthy wealthless

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