well-heeled
well-heeled
Definition
☆ well·-heeled (wel′hēld′)
adjective
Slang rich; prosperous
well-heeled
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- visitor: Suitability: Sophisticated and expensive, it attracts a high proportion of well-heeled visitors from USA, Japan and Europe.
- tourist: In the West, the country is known mostly for its desert island beauty that attracts more than 300,000 well-heeled tourists a year.
- resident: In its heyday, the bonde took the well-heeled residents from their fine Portuguese colonial-style mansions to work in the Centro district below.
- customer: But efforts to bring back the more well-heeled customer have been mixed.
- woman: There have been several well-heeled women with flats to rent on its books.
- family: Being from a well-heeled family, Orson went to the Todd Seminary for Boys, which had a fully equipped theater.
Modifying Another Word
- only: Entry-level recreational fun from Volkswagen starts from £ 34,000, so only well-heeled former hippies need apply.
Browse dictionary entries near well-heeled
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