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Wealthy vs Ultrarich - What's the difference?

wealthy | ultrarich |

As adjectives the difference between wealthy and ultrarich

is that wealthy is possessing financial wealth; rich while ultrarich is extremely rich; very wealthy.

As a noun wealthy

is (uncountable|preceded by the)   rich people.

wealthy

English

(wikipedia wealthy)

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Possessing financial wealth; rich.
  • Abundant in quality or quantity; profuse.

    • Synonyms

    * affluent, prosperous * See also

    Antonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * independently wealthy

    See also

    * upscale

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable, preceded by the)   Rich people.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
    • , author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot , title=Money just makes the rich suffer , volume=188, issue=23, page=19 , magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) citation , passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […]  The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra–wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.}}
  • (countable)   A rich person.
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    • Related terms

    * wealth * wealthily * wealthiness

    ultrarich

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Extremely rich; very wealthy
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 22, author=Christine Haughney, title=Lofty Hopes, Suspended, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=During the housing boom that ended in 2005, money poured into real estate from investors ranging from the ultrarich to middle-class professionals like doctors, teachers and midlevel managers. }}