well-off
[
wel
-
awf
, -
of
]
/ˈwɛlˈɔf, -ˈɒf/
adjective
1.
having sufficient money for comfortable living; well-to-do.
2.
in a satisfactory, favorable, or good position or condition:
If you have your health, you are well-off.
Origin
1725-35
Synonyms
1.
prosperous, wealthy, affluent, comfortable.
Examples from the web for
well-off
And, there are plenty of students who are
well-off
who should nonetheless not be pushed into college.
But especially where elite colleges are concerned, students from
well-off
families have a big advantage.
And some
well-off
car buyers are willing to pay a premium for an environmentally friendly ride.
Dumping on the president is a popular pastime among the circles of the
well-off
.
People are not as
well-off
, so it's harder to turn a profit.
well-off
couples marry more often and divorce less often than those who are broke.
With discretion and sumptuousness, residences away from home cater to the
well-off
.
But proximity seems to be teaching
well-off
cariocas that abandonment is no solution for poverty and violence.
well-off
people behave in a way their parents would find unimaginable, buying homes and cars not by saving up but by borrowing.
About half of its discretionary expenditure goes on fuel, electricity and other subsidies, which tend to benefit the
well-off
.
British Dictionary definitions for
well-off
well-off
adjective
(
well off when postpositive
)
1.
in a comfortable or favourable position or state
2.
financially well provided for; moderately rich
Word Origin and History for
well-off
adj.
1733, "comfortable," from
well
(adv.) +
off
. Meaning "prosperous, not poor" is recorded from 1849.