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moneyed

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈmʌniːd/
  • /ˈmʌnɪd/
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  • CMU ARPABET: M AH1 N IY0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Affluent, rich.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: well-heeled

Antonyms: unmoneyed, moneyless, almsless, arm, badly off, 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, farthingless, feeling the pinch, flat, goodless, groatless, 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

2

adj

Meaning 2

Paid for; funded

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

based on or arising from the possession of money or wealth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • moneyed interests

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: monied

Antonyms: moneyless

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an affluent banker
  • a speculator flush with cash
  • not merely rich but loaded
  • moneyed aristocrats
  • wealthy corporations

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: affluent, flush, loaded, wealthy

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin Monēta Latin monēta Old French moneie Old French monoie Anglo-Norman muneiebor. Middle English moneye English money Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English moneyed From money + -ed.