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”
rich
(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”
rich
(adjective) containing plenty of fat, or eggs, or sugar; “rich desserts”; “they kept gorging on rich foods”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Rich
A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
A surname.
• chir-
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.
• (wealthy): wealthy, well off, see also wealthy
• (wealthy): poor; see also impoverished
• (plentiful): needy
• (computing): plain, unformatted, vanilla
• (fuel-air mixture): lean
• (financial markets): cheap
• filthy rich
• hood rich
• ice-rich
• neutron-rich
• nickel-rich
• nigger rich
• superrich
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.
• 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
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
