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RICH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rich mean?
• RICH (noun)
The noun RICH has 1 sense:
1. people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group)
Familiarity information: RICH used as a noun is very rare.
• RICH (adjective)
The adjective RICH has 12 senses:
1. possessing material wealth
2. having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or substances (especially natural resources)
3. of great worth or quality
4. marked by great fruitfulness
5. strong; intense
6. very productive
7. high in mineral content; having a high proportion of fuel to air
8. suggestive of or characterized by great expense
9. containing plenty of fat, or eggs, or sugar
10. marked by richness and fullness of flavor
11. pleasantly full and mellow
12. affording an abundant supply
Familiarity information: RICH used as an adjective is familiar.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
People who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
rich; rich people
Context example:
only the very rich benefit from this legislation
Hypernyms ("rich" is a kind of...):
people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Antonym:
poor (people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group))
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: richest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Possessing material wealth
Context example:
many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles
Similar:
comfortable; easy; prosperous; well-fixed; well-heeled; well-off; well-situated; well-to-do (in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich)
affluent; flush; loaded; moneyed; substantial; wealthy (having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value)
Also:
privileged (blessed with privileges)
abundant (present in great quantity)
Attribute:
financial condition (the condition of (corporate or personal) finances)
Antonym:
poor (having little money or few possessions)
Derivation:
richness (abundant wealth)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or substances (especially natural resources)
Context example:
rich with cultural interest
Antonym:
poor (lacking in quality or substances)
Derivation:
richness (the property of being extremely abundant)
richness (the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of great worth or quality
Context example:
a rich collection of antiques
Similar:
valuable (having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange)
Derivation:
richness (splendid or imposing in size or appearance)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Marked by great fruitfulness
Synonyms:
fat; fertile; productive; rich
Context example:
rich soil
Similar:
fruitful (productive or conducive to producing in abundance)
Derivation:
richness (the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth)
richness (the quality of having high intrinsic value)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Strong; intense
Synonyms:
deep; rich
Context example:
a rich red
Similar:
colorful; colourful (having much or varied color)
Derivation:
richness (a strong deep vividness of hue)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Very productive
Context example:
rich seams of coal
Similar:
productive (producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly))
Derivation:
richness (the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth)
Sense 7
Meaning:
High in mineral content; having a high proportion of fuel to air
Context example:
a rich gas mixture
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
metallurgy (the science and technology of metals)
Antonym:
lean (lacking in mineral content or combustible material)
Derivation:
richness (the property of being extremely abundant)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Suggestive of or characterized by great expense
Context example:
a rich display
Similar:
deluxe; gilded; grand; lush; luxurious; opulent; princely; sumptuous (ostentatiously rich and superior in quality)
lavish; lucullan; plush; plushy (characterized by extravagance and profusion)
Antonym:
poor (characterized by or indicating poverty)
Derivation:
richness (splendid or imposing in size or appearance)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Containing plenty of fat, or eggs, or sugar
Context example:
they kept gorging on rich foods
Similar:
unwholesome (detrimental to physical or moral well-being)
Sense 10
Meaning:
Marked by richness and fullness of flavor
Synonyms:
full-bodied; racy; rich; robust
Context example:
the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee
Similar:
tasty (pleasing to the sense of taste)
Derivation:
richness (the quality of having high intrinsic value)
Sense 11
Meaning:
Pleasantly full and mellow
Context example:
a rich tenor voice
Similar:
full ((of sound) having marked deepness and body)
Derivation:
richness (the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing)
Sense 12
Meaning:
Affording an abundant supply
Synonyms:
ample; copious; plenteous; plentiful; rich
Context example:
a rich supply
Similar:
abundant (present in great quantity)
Derivation:
richness (the property of being extremely abundant)
Context examples
I felt so thankful that Lord Godalming is rich, and that both he and Mr. Morris, who also has plenty of money, are willing to spend it so freely.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
“You see, Mr. Holmes,” said he, “my wife was twenty before her father became a rich man.”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Never heard his name,” said the waiter, in a rich husky voice.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He had grown rich with his trading and stood in need of nothing.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
I am not a rich man, but if there is any danger threatening my little woman, I would spend my last copper to shield her.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Dorothy ate a hearty supper and was waited upon by the rich Munchkin himself, whose name was Boq.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Choose a sunny location, rich with beauty that would offer you a chance to play sports.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
He is far from rich and has many calls.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then he's rich and generous and good, and loves us all, and I say it's a pity my plan is spoiled.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
She might have been absolutely rich and perfectly healthy, and yet be happy.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
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