Dictionary Definition
rich adj
1 possessing material wealth; "her father is
extremely rich"; "many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles" [ant:
poor]
2 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" [ant: poor]
3 of great worth or quality; "a rich collection
of antiques"
4 marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile
farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" [syn:
fat, fertile, productive]
5 strong; intense; "deep purple"; "a rich red"
[syn: deep]
6 very productive; "rich seams of coal"
7 high in mineral content; having a a high
proportion of fuel to air; "a rich vein of copper", "a rich gas
mixture" [ant: lean]
8 suggestive of or characterized by great
expense; "a rich display" [ant: poor]
9 marked by richness and fullness of flavor; "a
rich ruby port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the
robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee" [syn: full-bodied,
robust]
10 highly seasoned or containing large amounts of
choice ingredients such as butter or sugar or eggs; "kept gorging
on rich foods"; "rich pastries"; "rich eggnogg"
11 pleasantly full and mellow; "a rich tenor
voice"
12 affording an abundant supply; "had ample food
for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a
plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply" [syn: ample, copious, plenteous, plentiful]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Rich
English
Etymology
rīċe.Pronunciation
- /rɪʧ/
-
- Rhymes with: -ɪtʃ
Adjective
en-adj er- Having a lot of money and possessions.
- Having an intense flavour.
- Very amusing.
- Ridiculous, absurd.
Antonyms
- italbrac-colon having wealth poor
Derived terms
Translations
having wealth
- Arabic:
- Catalan: ric ^
- Chinese: 富 (fù de), 富裕 (fùyù)
- Czech: bohatý
- Danish: rig
- Dutch: rijk
- Finnish: rikas
- French: riche
- German: reich ^
- Greek: πλούσιος, εύπορος
- Hungarian: gazdag
- Italian: ricco, ricca
- Japanese: 金持の (かねもちの, kanemochi no), 豊かな (ゆたかな, yutakana)
- Korean: 풍부한 (pungbuhan)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: دۆڵهمهند, خاوهن پاره
- Latin: dives
- Malay: kaya
- Polish: bogaty
- Portuguese: rico
- Romanian: bogat , bogată , avut , avută
- Russian: богатый
- Scottish Gaelic: beairteach
- Serbian: bogat , bogata , bogato , bogataš , bogatašica
- Slovene: bogat , bogata , bogato
- Spanish: rico, rica
- Swedish: rik
Extensive Definition
Rich may refer to:
- Wealth
- B.C. Rich, a guitar manufacturer
- USS Rich, two ships of the U.S. Navy
- Rich Products, international food products corporation
- Rich's, U.S. department store retail chain
Rich as a name may refer to:
- Rich (surname)
- Richie Rich (disambiguation)
- DS Terry Rich, a fictional character from EastEnders
See also
- June Rich, American folk rock quartet
- Big & Rich, American country music duo
rich in German: Rich
rich in French: Rich
rich in Japanese: リッチ
rich in Polish: Rich
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abounding, abounding in
riches, absurd, abundant, achingly sweet,
adipose, affluent, agreeable, agreeable-sounding,
all-sufficing, ambrosial, ample, amusing, aplenty, appealing, arabesque, ariose, arioso, aromatic, baroque, beyond price, big-rich,
bizarre, blooming, blubbery, bottomless, bounteous, bountiful, bright, bright-hued, brilliant, burning, bursting, bursting out,
busy, buttery, butyraceous, canorous, cantabile, catchy, chichi, chrismal, chrismatory, cloying, colorful, colory, comfortable, comical, copious, costly, creamy, creative, dark, dear, dear-bought, deep, deep-colored, delicious, diffuse, disgustingly rich,
droll, dulcet, easy, eccentric, effuse, elaborate, elegant, epidemic, euphonic, euphonious, euphonous, exciting, exhaustless, exotic, expensive, exquisite, extravagant, exuberant, fancy, fat, fattening, fatty, fecund, fertile, fine, fine-toned, flamboyant, flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavory, florid, flourishing, flowery, flush, fragrant, frightfully rich,
frilly, fructiferous, fruitful, fruity, full, full-bodied, full-flavored,
funny, fussy, galore, gay, gay-colored, generous, golden, golden-tongued,
golden-voiced, good as gold, gorgeous, greasy, heavy, high, high-colored, high-priced,
high-wrought, hilarious, honeyed, humorous, in clover, in funds,
in plenty, in quantity, in the money, incongruous, independent, independently
rich, independently wealthy, inestimable, inexhaustible, intense, interesting, invaluable, inviting, juicy, labored, lardaceous, lardy, laughable, lavish, liberal, lively, loaded, ludicrous, luscious, lush, lustrous, luxuriant, luxurious, made of money,
many, mawkish, maximal, melic, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellisonant, mellow, melodic, melodious, moneyed, moresque, mouth-watering,
much, mucoid, music-flowing,
music-like, musical,
nonsensical, not
affordable, numerous,
nutty, of great cost, of
great price, oily, oleaginous, oleic, on Easy Street, on velvet,
oofy, opulent, ornate, ostentatious, outlandish, overelaborate, overelegant, overflowing, overlabored, oversweet, overworked, overwrought, palatial, picturesque, piquant, plangent, pleasant, pleasant-sounding,
plenitudinous,
plenteous, plentiful, plenty, plutocracy, potent, precious, pregnant, premium, preposterous,
pretty-pretty, prevailing, prevalent, priceless, pricey, prodigal, productive, profitable, profuse, profusive, proliferous, prolific, prosperous, provided for,
provocative,
provoking, pulsing, pungent, quaint, quizzical, racy, rampant, readable, redolent, replete, resonant, resonating, rich as Croesus,
rich-colored, rich-flavored, ridiculous, rife, riotous, risible, rococo, rolling, rolling in money,
running over, saccharine, sapid, savory, screaming, sebaceous, seminal, sickly-sweet, significant, silver-toned,
silver-tongued, silver-voiced, silvery, singable, sleek, slick, slippery, smooth, soapy, songful, songlike, sonorous, spicy, splendid, steep, stiff, stimulating, strong, succulent, suety, sumptuous, superabundant, superb, swarming, sweet, sweet-flowing,
sweet-sounding, tallowy,
tantalizing,
teeming, the haves, the
rich, the wealthy, thought-challenging, thought-inspiring,
thought-provoking, thriving, throbbing, tickling, titillating, top, tunable, tuneful, uberous, unctuous, unguent, unguentary, unguentous, unpayable, valuable, vibrant, vibrating, vivid, wallowing in wealth,
warm, wealthy, well provided for,
well-fixed, well-found, well-furnished, well-heeled, well-off,
well-provided, well-stocked, well-to-do, whimsical, wholesale, witty, worthy