Antonyms for well-to-do


Grammar : Adj
Spell : wel-tuh-doo
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɛl təˈdu


Definition of well-to-do

  • adj well-off
Example sentences :
  • It is the superintendent of the factory in our village—a man rich, or, at any rate, well-to-do.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • At the present day the poor have more children than the well-to-do.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • In France, especially, well-to-do people often limit their families to two.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • Have the children of the well-to-do been backward in volunteering?
  • Extract from : « War Taxation » by Otto H. Kahn
  • And, are not the children of the well-to-do conscripted equally with the children of the poor?
  • Extract from : « War Taxation » by Otto H. Kahn
  • Those heathens will only come to God's house when they think He is well-to-do.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • Almost all were the daughters of well-to-do parents, almost all had their homes in cities.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The houses are clean and tidy, and the people have a well-to-do look.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • Later she dwindled to a prayer that she might capture a man who was "tol'able well-to-do."
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • Philip's own father was a well-to-do physician, named, of course, Dr. Bentley.
  • Extract from : « 'Smiles' » by Eliot H. Robinson

Synonyms for well-to-do

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