RICH

ample, copious, plenteous, plentiful, rich

(adjective) affording an abundant supply; “had ample food for the party”; “copious provisions”; “food is plentiful”; “a plenteous grape harvest”; “a rich supply”

deep, rich

(adjective) strong; intense; “deep purple”; “a rich red”

fat, fertile, productive, rich

(adjective) marked by great fruitfulness; “fertile farmland”; “a fat land”; “a productive vineyard”; “rich soil”

rich

(adjective) pleasantly full and mellow; “a rich tenor voice”

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(adjective) very productive; “rich seams of coal”

rich

(adjective) possessing material wealth; “her father is extremely rich”; “many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles”

rich

(adjective) having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or substances (especially natural resources); “blessed with a land rich in minerals”; “rich in ideas”; “rich with cultural interest”

rich

(adjective) suggestive of or characterized by great expense; “a rich display”

rich

(adjective) high in mineral content; having a high proportion of fuel to air; “a rich vein of copper”; “a rich gas mixture”

racy, full-bodied, rich, robust

(adjective) marked by richness and fullness of flavor; “a rich ruby port”; “full-bodied wines”; “a robust claret”; “the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee”

rich

(adjective) of great worth or quality; “a rich collection of antiques”

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(adjective) containing plenty of fat, or eggs, or sugar; “rich desserts”; “they kept gorging on rich foods”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Rich

A diminutive of the male given name Richard.

A surname.

Anagrams

• chir-

Etymology

Adjective

rich (comparative richer, superlative richest)

Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.

Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.

Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.

Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful.

Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly.

Not faint or delicate; vivid.

(informal, dated) Very amusing.

(informal) Ridiculous, absurd, outrageous, preposterous.

(computing) Elaborate, having complex formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.

Of a fuel-air mixture, having less air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; less air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.

(finance) Trading at a price level which is high relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value.

Synonyms

• (wealthy): wealthy, well off, see also wealthy

Antonyms

• (wealthy): poor; see also impoverished

• (plentiful): needy

• (computing): plain, unformatted, vanilla

• (fuel-air mixture): lean

• (financial markets): cheap

Hyponyms

• filthy rich

• hood rich

• ice-rich

• neutron-rich

• nickel-rich

• nigger rich

• superrich

Verb

rich (third-person singular simple present riches, present participle riching, simple past and past participle riched)

(obsolete, transitive) To enrich.

(obsolete, intransitive) To become rich.

Anagrams

• chir-

Source: Wiktionary


Rich, (rîch), a. [Compar. Richer (; superl. Richest.] Etym: [OE. riche, AS. rice rich, powerful; akin to OS. riki, D. rijk, G. reich, OHG. rihhi, Icel. rikr, Sw. rik, Dan. rig, Goth. reiks; from a word meaning, ruler, king, probably borrowed from Celtic, and akin to L. rex, regis, king, regere to guide, rule. sq. root283. See Right, and cf. Derrick, Enrich, Rajah, Riches, Royal.]

1. Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of a large amount of property; well supplied with land, goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; affluent; -- opposed to Ant: poor. "Rich merchants." Chaucer. The rich [person] hath many friends. Prov. xiv. 20. As a thief, bent to unhoard the cash Of some rich burgher. Milton.

2. Hence, in general, well supplied; abounding; abundant; copious; bountiful; as, a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop. If life be short, it shall be glorious; Each minute shall be rich in some great action. Rowe. The gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold. Milton.

3. Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful; as, rich soil or land; a rich mine.

4. Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly; as, a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich presents. Like to rich and various gems. Milton.

5. Abounding in agreeable or nutritive qualities; -- especially applied to articles of food or drink which are high-seasoned or abound in oleaginous ingredients, or are sweet, luscious, and high- flavored; as, a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry; rich wine or fruit. Sauces and rich spices are fetched from India. Baker.

6. Not faint or delicate; vivid; as, a rich color.

7. Full of sweet and harmonius sounds; as, a rich voice; rich music.

8. Abounding in beauty; gorgeous; as, a rich landscape; rich scenery.

9. Abounding in humor; exciting amusement; entertaining; as, the scene was a rich one; a rich incident or character. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

Note: Rich is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rich-fleeced, rich-jeweled, rich-laden, rich-stained.

Syn.

– Wealthy; affluent; opulent; ample; copious; abundant; plentiful; fruitful; costly; sumptuous; precious; generous; luscious.

Rich, v. t.

Definition: To enrich. [Obs.] Gower.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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