Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary PowersDivision (II) Intersocial Volition
Section IV. Possessive Relations
4. Monetary Relations
803. Wealth.
capital, money; round sum; great wealth (treasure) [See Money]; mint of money, mine of wealth, bonanza, El Dorado, Pactolus, Golconda, Potosi, Philosopher’s Stone; the Golden Touch.
long -, full -, well lined -, heavy- purse; purse of Fortunatus; embarras de richesses [F.].
pelf, Mammon, lucre, filthy lucre; loaves and fishes, fleshpots of Egypt.
MEANS, resources, substance, command of money; property [See Property]; income [See Receipt].
PROVISION, maintenance, livelihood; dowry, alimony.
RICH MAN, moneyed man, warm man [old slang], man of substance; capitalist, millionaire, tippybob [slang], Nabob, Crœsus, Midas, Plutus, Dives, Timon of Athens; Danaë.
timocracy, plutocracy.
AFFORD, well afford; command -money, – a sum; make both ends meet, hold one’s head above water.
BECOME RICH &c. adj.; fill one’s pocket (treasury) [See Treasury]; feather one’s nest, make a fortune; make money (acquire) [See Acquisition].
enrich, imburse [rare].
worship Mammon, worship the golden calf.
made of money; rich as -Crœsus, – a Jew; rolling in -riches, – wealth; having a power of money (great wealth) [See Money].
flush, – of -cash, – money, – tin [slang]; in funds, in cash, in full feather.
SOLVENT &c., 800; pecunious [rare], out of debt, all straight.
- One’s ship coming in.
- Amour fait beaucoup mais argent fait tout.
- Aurea rumpunt tecta quietem.—Seneca
- Magna servitus ist magna fortuna.
- Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell from Heaven.—Paradise Lost
- Opum furiata cupido.—Ovid
- Vera prosperità è non aver necessità.
- Wie gewonnen so zerronnen.
- O senza brama sicura ricchezza!—Dante
- Whose plenty made him pore.—Spenser
- Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.—Homer
- An incarnation of fat dividends.—Sprague