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rich

  • adjective
  • /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ/

wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.

Other meanings

  1. Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.

    “a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry”

  2. Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.

    “a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop”

Synonyms

  • deep

Related words

  • antirich
  • generich
  • megarich
  • nonrich
  • overrich
  • richery
  • richish
  • Richland
  • Richlands
  • Richmond
  • richsplain
  • richweed

Example sentences

  • “A scholar is rarely a rich man.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “Only the rich get credit.”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0
  • “They were probably rich.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Old English "rīċe".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “rich” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.