opulence

[op-yuh-luhns] / ˈɒp jə ləns /

NOUN

wealth

Synonyms

STRONG

abundance affluence belongings excess fortune goods lavishness luxury means money plenitude possessions property prosperity riches substance substantiality

WEAK

lap of luxury prosperousness stocks and bonds

Antonyms

STRONG

dearth deficiency economy frugality lack poorness poverty

Example Sentences

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A flourishing extensive City, this old Nurnberg, with valuable adjacent territory, civic and imperial, intricately intermixed; full of commercial industries, opulences, not without democratic tendencies.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 02 by Carlyle, Thomas

He is still fonder of jingling publicly, and spreading on the table, your big purse of opulences than his own.

From Life of John Sterling by Carlyle, Thomas

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