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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”
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
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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