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in the money

ADJECTIVE
prosperous
Synonyms
STRONGEST
affluent booming comfortable flourishing fortunate rich robust wealthy well-heeled well-off well-to-do
WEAK
blooming doing well easy halcyon in clover lousy rich lucky main-line money to burn moneyed on top of heap opulent palmy prospering roaring sitting pretty snug substantial upper-class uptown well
Antonyms
STRONGEST
destitute failing impoverished lacking needy poor unhappy upset wanting weak
WEAK
disadvantageous hopeless losing unpromising unprosperous unsuccessful
ADJECTIVE
rich
Synonyms
STRONGEST
affluent easy fat prosperous wealthy well-heeled well-off well-to-do
STRONG
flush independent plush swimming uptown
WEAK
bloated comfortable fat-cat filthy rich gilded in clover loaded made of money moneyed opulent propertied rolling in it upscale well provided for worth a million
Antonyms
STRONGEST
destitute impoverished lacking needy poor wanting
ADJECTIVE
wealthy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
affluent independent moneyed prosperous upscale well-heeled well-off well-to-do
WEAK
booming comfortable fat-cat having it made loaded made of money of independent means opulent pecunious rolling in it substantial
Antonyms
STRONGEST
destitute poor
WEAK
deprived lacking needy poverty-stricken wanting

Example Sentences

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Ultimately, for the options to all be in the money, Meta would need a market value of at least $9.6 trillion.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Dunlap says he has no interest in the money and believes it should go to real victims.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Cutting prices in a crisis doesn’t square with the usual picture of hard-nosed commodities traders, but Abbott says his microbes are still in the money thanks to Pivot Bio’s low production and shipping costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

With a concurrent increase in the money supply, the lower interest rates for corporate borrowers “should be a benefit to the underlying growth fundamentals,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026

George was really bringing in the money with the new merchandise.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole