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rich
1[ rich ]
adjective
- having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy:
a rich man;
a rich nation.
Synonyms: moneyed, well-to-do
Antonyms: poor
- abounding in natural resources:
a rich territory.
Antonyms: poor
- having wealth or valuable resources (usually followed by in ):
a country rich in traditions.
Antonyms: poor
- abounding (usually followed by in or with ):
a countryside rich in beauty;
a design rich with colors.
Antonyms: poor
- of great value or worth; valuable:
a rich collection of antique vases.
Antonyms: poor
- (of food) delectably and perhaps unhealthfully spicy, or sweet and abounding in butter or cream: a rich pastry.
a rich gravy;
a rich pastry.
- costly, expensively elegant, or fine, as dress or jewels.
Synonyms: dear, high-priced, precious
- elaborately abundant; sumptuous:
a rich feast.
- using valuable materials or characterized by elaborate workmanship, as buildings or furniture.
- abounding in desirable elements or qualities:
a man rich in kindness.
- (of wine) strong and finely flavored.
- (of color) deep, strong, or vivid:
rich purple.
- full and mellow in tone: a rich voice.
rich sounds;
a rich voice.
- strongly fragrant; pungent:
a rich odor.
Synonyms: aromatic
- producing or yielding abundantly:
a rich soil.
Synonyms: luxuriant, prolific, productive, fruitful
Antonyms: poor
- abundant, plentiful, or ample:
a rich supply.
Synonyms: bounteous, copious, bountiful
Antonyms: poor
- Automotive. (of a mixture in a fuel system) having a relatively high ratio of fuel to air ( lean 2def 5 ).
- Informal.
- highly amusing.
noun
- rich persons collectively:
new tax shelters for the rich.
Rich
2[ rich ]
noun
- Adrienne, 1929–2012, U.S. poet and feminist.
- a male given name, form of Richard.
Rich
1/ rɪtʃ /
noun
- RichAdrienne19292012FUSWRITING: poetPOLITICS: feminist writer Adrienne. 1929–2012, US poet and feminist writer; her volumes of poetry include Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law (1963) and Diving Into the Wreck (1973)
- RichBuddy19171987MUSMUSIC: jazz drummerMUSIC: bandleader Buddy , real name Bernard Rich . 1917–87, US jazz drummer and band leader
rich
2/ rɪtʃ /
adjective
- well supplied with wealth, property, etc; owning much
- ( as collective noun ; preceded by the )
the rich
- whenpostpositive, usually foll by in having an abundance of natural resources, minerals, etc
a land rich in metals
- producing abundantly; fertile
rich soil
- whenpostpositive, usually foll by in or with well supplied (with desirable qualities); abundant (in)
a country rich with cultural interest
- of great worth or quality; valuable
a rich collection of antiques
- luxuriant or prolific
a rich growth of weeds
- expensively elegant, elaborate, or fine; costly
a rich display
- (of food) having a large proportion of flavoursome or fatty ingredients, such as spices, butter, or cream
- having a full-bodied flavour
a rich ruby port
- (of a smell) pungent or fragrant
- (of colour) intense or vivid; deep
a rich red
- (of sound or a voice) full, mellow, or resonant
- (of a fuel-air mixture) containing a relatively high proportion of fuel Compare weak
- very amusing, laughable, or ridiculous
a rich joke
a rich situation
noun
- See riches
Other Words From
- richly adverb
- richness noun
- over·rich adjective
- over·richly adverb
- over·richness noun
- super·rich adjective noun
- ultra·rich adjective noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of rich1
Word History and Origins
Origin of rich1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with rich , also see embarrassment of riches ; from rags to riches ; strike it rich .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The housing authority has aggressively pursued some of the poorest residents in Annapolis, one of the country’s oldest and richest cities.
It held thousands of visitors, beautiful music, salmon dinners, and rich, deep conversations.
Jio is the brainchild of Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest man and head of a petrochemical-focused empire, Reliance Industries.
Exclusive patents and high prices that sometimes make lifesaving medicines unaffordable in rich countries often render them completely unavailable in the poor world, they argue.
Lowe’s ratio of price to estimated earnings for the next 12 months is around 21, which Morningstar’s Katz describes as “rich,” while Home Depot trades at around 26 times estimated forward earnings.
In this cockamamie get-rich scheme, would they all issue an apology if he cut a check?
Or how much richer a few rich Mexicans are going to get in the process?
Liberal Democrats like to blow their bugles about how all the big money in politics comes from rich Republicans.
Since then, the rising gap between the rich and middle- and lower-income families has risen to the fore.
The relationships, and motivations of their chief participants, are as tangled and shady as you expect of the super-rich.
Sometimes necessity makes an honest man a knave: and a rich man a honest man, because he has no occasion to be a knave.
Do you want the marriage of your daughter with the rich and Honourable Harry broken?
It succeeds best in a deep rich loam in a climate ranging from forty to fifty degrees of latitude.
They are so rich in harmony, so weird, so wild, that when you hear them you are like a sea-weed cast upon the bosom of the ocean.
Excretion of these substances is greatly increased by a diet rich in nuclei, as sweetbreads and liver.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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