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Common collocations with wealth in American Collocation

wealth noun uncountable

US /welθ/

very great

abundant
considerable
enormous
fabulous
great
immense
obscene
tremendous
untold
vast

He amassed considerable wealth.

hard to imagine

incredible
unimaginable

You see incredible wealth and significant poverty.

obvious

conspicuous
obvious
ostentatious

There was a lot of ostentatious wealth.

gained in a particular way

ill-gotten
new-found

How do they intend to use their new-found wealth?

so much that it is regarded as wrong

obscene

A small minority at the top enjoy obscene wealth while a massive majority exists in abject poverty and misery.

get or have wealth

accumulate
acquire
amass
enjoy
inherit
possess

During the nineteenth century the family acquired great wealth.

create wealth

create
generate
increase

Well-managed investments can be a good way of increasing your wealth.

share wealth

distribute
redistribute
share

He believed that the rich should distribute their wealth for the benefit of society.

use wealth

flaunt
squander
use

He was rich and had no qualms about flaunting his wealth in public.

Bureaucrats were squandering the wealth of the country.

We should use our wealth to help others.

creation
distribution
management
redistribution
tax

In the next Parliament, we shall introduce an annual wealth tax.

sharing

distribution
redistribution

This has prevented any effective redistribution of wealth and income.

getting wealth

accumulation
creation
pursuit

There was a rapid accumulation of wealth.