rich person
Noun: A person who possesses great material wealth; an individual who has abundant financial resources, valuable assets, or substantial income.
The term "rich person" is a common, straightforward noun phrase used to describe someone with significant wealth. It is neutral in tone but can be used in factual, descriptive, or sometimes critical contexts when discussing economic status, social class, or financial power. * The new tax policy will affect every rich person in the country. * She became a rich person after her tech startup was sold. * The charity gala was attended by many rich persons from the finance industry.
- As a collective reference: The phrase "the rich" is often used as a collective noun to refer to wealthy people as a social or economic group.
- Policies that favor the rich are often debated during elections.
- In comparative structures: Used to highlight degrees of wealth in comparison.
- He is a richer person than his business partner.
- Wealthy person: A more formal synonym with the same core meaning.
- Affluent person: Emphasizes a state of plentiful material prosperity and a comfortable lifestyle.
- Millionaire/Billionaire: Specifies a person whose wealth amounts to at least one million or one billion units of currency.
- Tycoon/Magnate: Refers to a rich person who has achieved wealth and power in a specific industry (e.g., a shipping magnate, a media tycoon).
- The wealthy (n.): A collective term for rich people.
- High-net-worth individual (HNWI): A formal financial term for a person with liquid assets above a certain threshold.
Wealthy person, affluent person, moneyed person, person of means, plutocrat (specifically one whose power derives from wealth).
Poor person, pauper, indigent person, person of modest means.
- To be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth: To be born into a rich family.
- He never had to work for anything; he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
- To be rolling in money/it: To be extremely rich.
- After the IPO, the founders were rolling in it.
- The haves and the have-nots: A phrase describing the division between rich people (the haves) and poor people (the have-nots).
- The city is a stark contrast between the haves and the have-nots.
- a person who possesses great material wealth