Meaning of RICH
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- [adj] affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply"
- [adj] strong; intense; "deep purple"; "a rich red"
- [adj] marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"
- [adj] pleasantly full and mellow; "a rich tenor voice"
- [adj] 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"
- [adj] very productive; "rich seams of coal"
- [adj] marked by richness and fullness of flavor; "a rich ruby port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee"
- [adj] of great worth or quality; "a rich collection of antiques"
- [adj] possessing material wealth; "her father is extremely rich"; "many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles"
- [adj] 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"
- [adj] suggestive of or characterized by great expense; "a rich display"
- [adj] (metallurgy; chemistry) high in mineral content; "a rich vein of copper"
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| | Synonyms: | | abundant, affluent, ample, colorful, colourful, combustible, comfortable, copious, deep, deluxe, easy, fancy, fat, fertile, flush, fruitful, full, full-bodied, gilded, lavish, loaded, lucullan, lush, luxurious, moneyed, opulent, plenteous, plentiful, plush, plushy, princely, productive, prosperous, robust, sumptuous, tasteful, valuable, wealthy, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do |
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| | Antonyms: | | lean, poor | | |
| | See Also: | | privileged | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Rich\, (r[i^]ch), a. [Compar. {Richer}; superl.
{Richest}.] [OE. riche, AS. r[=i]ce rich, powerful; akin to
OS. r[=i]ki, D. rijk, G. reich, OHG. r[=i]hhi, Icel. r[=i]kr,
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. [root]283. 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
{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.
To enrich. [Obs.] --Gower.
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