Opulent
['ɒpjʊl(ə)nt] or ['ɑpjələnt]
Definition
(a.) Having a large estate or property; wealthy; rich; affluent; as, an opulent city; an opulent citizen.
Editor: Stacy
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Wealthy, rich, affluent, flush, moneyed, well off.
Typist: Ronald
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Rich, well_to_do, moneyed, affluent,[See RICH]
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Definition
adj. wealthy.—n. Op′ulence means: riches: wealth.—adv. Op′ulently.
Edited by Emily
Examples
- He waved his whip in the direction of the Bellomont acres, which lay outspread before them in opulent undulations. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- What sort of a man is an opulent-looking man? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She was in truth grateful for the refuge offered her: Mrs. Peniston's opulent interior was at least not externally dingy. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- In the opulent countries of Europe, great capitals are at present employed in trade and manufactures. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The most opulent of them owned those splendid patrician houses which we still admire even to-day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- That church, whose dark, half-ruinous turrets overlooked the square, was the venerable and formerly opulent shrine of the Magi. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The supposed opulent man apparently, to the great surprise and delight of the poor one, made a full stop, and addressed him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- In countries where the public revenues are in farm, the farmers are generally the most opulent people. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Lucullus, like Sulla, retired into an opulent private life, but with more elegance and with a more gracious end. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The professional establishment of the more opulent of these gentlemen, consists of a blue bag and a boy; generally a youth of the Jewish persuasion. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The authority of fortune, however, is very great, even in an opulent and civilized society. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In an opulent and civilized society, a man may possess a much greater fortune, and yet not be able to command a dozen of people. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- There were, however, within the narrow circle of the commerce of those times, some countries that were opulent and industrious. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In modern times, the poor and barbarous find it difficult to defend themselves against the opulent and civilized. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In ancient times, the opulent and civilized found it difficult to defend themselves against the poor and barbarous nations. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Edited by Emily