wealthy

Etymology

From Middle English welthy, welþi, equivalent to wealth + -y. Cognate with Middle Dutch weldech, weeldech (“magnificent, luscious, lavish”).

adj

1. Possessing financial wealth; rich.
   In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra–wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised. 2013-05-17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19
2. Abundant in quality or quantity; profuse.

noun

1. (plural only) Synonym of rich: the wealthy people of a society or of the world collectively.
   ... whether consumption patterns of the wealthy are more or less polluting than those of the poor depends on the contaminant in question. 2009 Oct., Rachel A. Bouvier, "Sulfur Dioxide Emissions and Per Capita Income", Environment & Development Economics, Vol. 14, No. 5
   The wealthy pay most of the taxes but the uberwealthy hardly pay any at all: they hold stock and property and live off debt borrowed against that collateral.
2. (uncommon, countable) A rich person.
   it was possible for a group like the Libertarians to hope that a couple of weakminded wealthies might donate the seed money to get a campaign rolling. Dec 6, 1975, “A Real Presidential Choice Is Being Ignored”, in Evening Independent
   Bernice is a nice, sardonic tale of envy and young wealthies of the pre-flapper era, when a girl who bobbed her hair was thought loose by the flask-bearing blades who tried to get her tight. Apr 4, 1977, “Public TV Presents miracle Series”, in Argus-Press
   Ending tax cuts to wealthies would only increase tax revenues by $40 - $60 billion a year - about 20% of current deficit - so it's a waste of time. Nov 16, 2006, “Can the Democrats Deliver?”, in Washington Post
   F. Scott Fitzgerald never got over Ginevra King's dad reminding him he wasn't a wealthy and needed to aim lower.