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View synonyms for wherewithal

wherewithal

[ hwair-with-awl, -with-, wair- ]

noun

  1. that with which to do something; means or supplies for the purpose or need, especially money:

    the wherewithal to pay my rent.



adverb

  1. by means of which; out of which.
  2. Archaic. wherewith.

pronoun

wherewithal

noun

  1. the wherewithal
    necessary funds, resources, or equipment (for something or to do something)

    these people lack the wherewithal for a decent existence

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


pronoun

  1. a less common word for wherewith wherewith
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wherewithal1

First recorded in 1525–35; where + withal
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Example Sentences

For now, both billionaires have notched big wins—earning their astronaut wings for themselves, and in the process legitimizing their companies’ claims that they have the wherewithal to open a new market for space tourism.

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While the pandemic particularly hit SMBs, who often lacked the financial wherewithal of larger companies to survive the crisis, Gusto actually expanded its business as new companies sprouted up.

You might want to simulate varying power and speed, for example, if you have the wherewithal to deliver more elaborate experiences at certain simulated thresholds implementing a progressive enhancement strategy.

If you feel that you do not know the bride well enough or have the personal wherewithal for a time-consuming computer event, then decline — no excuse or present necessary.

So you have to reach over and take your temperature and then have the wherewithal to record it as well.

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Somebody maybe doesn't have the wherewithal to get out, the means to get out—I had that.

I lack the wherewithal to start my own competing certifying board, to say nothing of the chutzpah.

Those who have the wherewithal to shop online with greater ease and frequency have a greater ability to avoid sales taxes.

The British middle class no longer had servants--but they also lacked the wherewithal to obtain fancy new appliances.

“Even if you had the wherewithal to embarrass a reporter, there was no mechanism to do it,” Mr. Cramer said.

But a lawyer who needed the wherewithal finally condescended to risk the task, and into it he plunged.

Secondly, we had already been for some time at work to fix up the wherewithal to meet our chronic nightmare, the water trouble.

And how do you know that I have got wherewithal to pay the reckoning?

If they have wherewithal to persuade the Jury to bring it in Manslaughter, what are they the worse for it?

He immediately clamored for the wherewithal to fill an aching void that was making itself painfully felt in his midsection.

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