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: having abundant possessions and especially material wealth

: having high value or quality

: well supplied or endowed

a city rich in traditions

: vivid and deep in color

: full and mellow in tone and quality

: having a strong fragrance

: highly productive or remunerative

: having abundant plant nutrients

: highly seasoned, fatty, oily, or sweet

: high in the combustible component

: high in some component

Synonyms

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rich, wealthy, affluent, opulent mean having goods, property, and money in abundance.

rich implies having more than enough to gratify normal needs or desires.

became rich through shrewd investing

wealthy stresses the possession of property and intrinsically valuable things.

affluent suggests prosperity and an increasing wealth.

opulent suggests lavish expenditure and display of great wealth, more often applying to things than people.

Example Sentences

Her investments have made her rich.

The dictionary is a rich source of information.

a rich and spicy soup

The food was a little too rich for me.

Their country has a rich cultural heritage.

This area has a rich history.

She has a rich vocabulary.

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The entire room is finished in rich gold and violet silks.

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One thing to keep in mind is that the cold brew method enhances richer, chocolaty notes rather than floral or fruity notes that are accentuated by hot-brew methods.

—Eva Bleyer, Good Housekeeping, 8 Apr. 2023

As a group, the world’s richest are worth $12.2 trillion, representing a $500 million drop from March 2022.

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Passover seders are steeped in rich, vibrant traditions that include reading aloud from the Haggadah and searching for the afikomen.

—Elizabeth Berry, Woman’s Day, 7 Apr. 2023

The left’s assault on the Supreme Court is continuing, and the latest front is the news that Justice Clarence Thomas has a rich friend who has hosted the Justice on his private plane, his yacht, and his vacation resort.

—The Editorial Board, wsj.com, 7 Apr. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Middle English riche, from Old English rīce; akin to Old High German rīhhi rich, Old English rīce kingdom, Old High German rīhhi, noun; all from prehistoric Germanic words borrowed from Celtic words akin to Old Irish rí (genitive ríg) king — more at royal

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of rich was
before the 12th century

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rich

(rĭch)

adj. rich·er, rich·est

1. Having great material wealth: He was so rich he didn’t have to work.

a. Having great worth or value: a rich harvest.

b. Made of or containing valuable materials: rich cabinetry.

c. Magnificent; sumptuous: a rich banquet.

3. Abundant or productive, as:

a. Having an abundant supply: Meat is rich in protein.

b. Abounding in natural resources: a rich region.

c. Having many nutrients for plant growth; fertile: rich land.

d. Very productive and therefore financially profitable: rich seams of coal.

a. Containing a large amount of choice ingredients, such as butter, sugar, or eggs, and therefore unusually heavy or sweet: a rich dessert.

b. Strong in aroma or flavor: a rich coffee.

c. Containing a large proportion of fuel to air: a rich gas mixture.

a. Pleasantly full and mellow: a rich tenor voice.

b. Warm and strong in color: a rich brown velvet.

a. Highly varied: a museum showcasing a rich assortment of artworks.

b. Highly developed or complex: rich musical harmonies.

7. Informal Highly amusing, often for being absurd or preposterous.

n. (used with a pl. verb)

Wealthy people considered as a group. Often used with the: taxes paid by the very rich.

[Middle English

riche

, from Old French (of Germanic origin) and from Old English

rīce

, strong, powerful; see

reg-

in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

rich′ly adv.

rich′ness n.

Synonyms: rich, affluent, moneyed, wealthy
These adjectives mean having an abundant supply of money, property, or possessions of value: a rich executive; an affluent banker; moneyed heirs; wealthy corporations.

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rich

(rɪtʃ)

adj

a. well supplied with wealth, property, etc; owning much

b. (as collective noun; preceded by the): the rich.

2. (Physical Geography) (when: postpositive, usually foll by in) having an abundance of natural resources, minerals, etc: a land rich in metals.

3. (Agriculture) producing abundantly; fertile: rich soil.

4. (when: postpositive, usually foll by in or with) well supplied (with desirable qualities); abundant (in): a country rich with cultural interest.

5. of great worth or quality; valuable: a rich collection of antiques.

6. luxuriant or prolific: a rich growth of weeds.

7. expensively elegant, elaborate, or fine; costly: a rich display.

8. (Cookery) (of food) having a large proportion of flavoursome or fatty ingredients, such as spices, butter, or cream

9. having a full-bodied flavour: a rich ruby port.

10. (of a smell) pungent or fragrant

11. (Colours) (of colour) intense or vivid; deep: a rich red.

12. (of sound or a voice) full, mellow, or resonant

13. (Automotive Engineering) (of a fuel-air mixture) containing a relatively high proportion of fuel. Compare weak¹²

14. very amusing, laughable, or ridiculous: a rich joke; a rich situation.

[Old English rīce (originally of persons: great, mighty), of Germanic origin, ultimately from Celtic (compare Old Irish rī king)]

Rich

(rɪtʃ)

1. (Biography) 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)

2. (Biography) Buddy, real name Bernard Rich. 1917–87, US jazz drummer and band leader

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

rich

(rɪtʃ)

adj. -er, -est,
n. adj.

1. having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds.

2. abounding in natural resources: a rich territory.

3. abounding (usu. fol. by in or with): rich in beauty.

4. of great value or worth: a rich harvest.

5. delectably or excessively spicy, or sweet and abounding in butter or cream: a rich gravy; a rich pastry.

6. costly, expensively elegant, or fine, as jewels.

7. made of valuable materials or with elaborate workmanship, as furniture.

8. (of color) deep, strong, or vivid.

9. full and mellow in tone: a rich voice.

10. strongly fragrant; pungent: a rich odor.

11. producing or yielding abundantly: rich soil.

12. abundant, plentiful, or ample: a rich supply.

13. (of a mixture in a fuel system) having a relatively high ratio of fuel to air (contrasted with lean).

14. Informal.

a. highly amusing.

b. ridiculous; absurd.

15. the rich, rich persons collectively.

[before 900; Old English rīce, c. Old High German rīh(h)i (German reich), Gothic reikeis wealthy, ultimately < Celtic *rīg-s king]

rich′ly, adv.

rich′ness, n.

Rich

(rɪtʃ)

Adrienne, born 1929, U.S. poet.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	rich — people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group); «only the very rich benefit from this legislation» rich people plural, plural form — the form of a word that is used to denote more than one people — (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; «old people»; «there were at least 200 people in the audience» poor, poor people — people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); «the urban poor need assistance»
Adj.	1.	rich — possessing material wealth; «her father is extremely rich»; «many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles» abundant — present in great quantity; «an abundant supply of water» privileged — blessed with privileges; «the privileged few» poor — having little money or few possessions; «deplored the gap between rich and poor countries»; «the proverbial poor artist living in a garret»
	2.	rich — 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» poor — lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances; «a poor land»; «the area was poor in timber and coal»; «food poor in nutritive value»
	3.	rich — of great worth or quality; «a rich collection of antiques» valuable — having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange; «a valuable diamond»
	4.	rich — marked by great fruitfulness; «fertile farmland»; «a fat land»; «a productive vineyard»; «rich soil» fertile, productive, fat fruitful — productive or conducive to producing in abundance; «be fruitful and multiply»
	5.	rich — strong; intense; «deep purple»; «a rich red» deep colorful, colourful — having striking color; «colorful autumn leaves»
	6.	rich — very productive; «rich seams of coal» productive — producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); «productive farmland»; «his productive years»; «a productive collaboration»
	7.	rich — high in mineral content; having a high proportion of fuel to air; «a rich vein of copper», «a rich gas mixture» 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 lean — lacking in mineral content or combustible material; «lean ore»; «lean fuel»
	8.	rich — suggestive of or characterized by great expense; «a rich display» poor — characterized by or indicating poverty; «the country had a poor economy»; «they lived in the poor section of town»
	9.	rich — containing plenty of fat, or eggs, or sugar; «rich desserts»; «they kept gorging on rich foods» unwholesome — detrimental to physical or moral well-being; «unwholesome food»; «unwholesome habits like smoking»
	10.	rich — marked by richness and fullness of flavor; «a rich ruby port»; «full-bodied wines»; «a robust claret»; «the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee» full-bodied, racy, robust tasty — pleasing to the sense of taste; «a tasty morsel»
	11.	rich — pleasantly full and mellow; «a rich tenor voice» full — (of sound) having marked deepness and body; «full tones»; «a full voice»
	12.	rich — affording an abundant supply; «had ample food for the party»; «copious provisions»; «food is plentiful»; «a plenteous grape harvest»; «a rich supply» plenteous, plentiful, ample, copious abundant — present in great quantity; «an abundant supply of water»

rich

adjective

1. wealthy, affluent, well-off, opulent, propertied, rolling (slang), loaded (slang), flush (informal), prosperous, well-heeled (informal), well-to-do, moneyed, filthy rich, stinking rich (informal), made of money (informal) You’re going to be a very rich man.
wealthy poor, impoverished, needy, penniless, destitute

2. well-stocked, full, productive, ample, abundant, plentiful, copious, well-provided, well-supplied, plenteous a rich supply of fresh, clean water
well-stocked wanting, poor, lacking, scarce

3. full-bodied, heavy, sweet, delicious, fatty, tasty, creamy, spicy, juicy, luscious, savoury, succulent, flavoursome, highly-flavoured the hearty rich foods of Gascony
full-bodied dull, bland

7. vivid, strong, deep, warm, bright, intense, vibrant, gay an attractive, glossy rich red colour
vivid weak, dull, insipid

8. costly, fine, expensive, valuable, superb, elegant, precious, elaborate, splendid, gorgeous, lavish, exquisite, sumptuous, priceless, palatial, beyond price This is a Baroque church with a rich interior.
costly cheap, inexpensive, worthless, valueless, cheapo (informal)

9. funny, amusing, ridiculous, hilarious, ludicrous, humorous, laughable, comical, risible, side-splitting That’s rich, coming from him.

Quotations
«Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me» [F. Scott Fitzgerald The Rich Boy]
«I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice» [Edward Moore The Gamester]
«It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God» Bible: St. Matthew

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

rich

adjective

1. Possessing a large amount of money, land, or other material possessions:

2. Characterized by extravagant, ostentatious magnificence:

3. Characterized by great productivity:

4. Not readily digested because of richness:

6. Informal. Extremely funny:

Translations

bohatýbohatý nadrahocennýtěžký

rigfedfyldigkostbar

rikas

bogat

bõvelkedõgazdag

auîugurdÿrmæturglæsileguròungur; saîsamurríkur

金持ちの

부유한

dives

turtaiturtingumasvertingas

bagātīgsbagātsbarojošsdārgsgrezns

bogatbogatašinasiten

rik

รวย

giàu có

rich

[rɪtʃ]

A. ADJ (richer (compar) (richest (superl)))

3. (= full) [life, experience, history] → rico

7. (= mellow) [voice] → sonoro

9. (= laughable) that’s rich! → ¡mira por dónde!
that’s rich, coming from her! → ¡ella no es quién para hablar!, ¡tiene gracia que sea ella la que diga eso!

C. CPD rich tea biscuit N → galleta f (que se toma con una taza de té)

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

rich

[ˈrɪtʃ]

adj

(= wealthy) [person, country] → riche
to get rich → s’enrichir

(= expensive) [gift, clothes, fabrics] → somptueux/euse

[source, supply, deposit] → abondant(e)
to be rich in sth → être riche en qch

[cake, dish, food, sauce] (= nourishing) → riche (= hard to digest) → lourd(e)
The sauce was too rich → La sauce était trop lourde.

[colours, smell] → intense
coffee with a rich aroma → un café à l’arôme intense

[voice, sound] → chaud(e)

[history, heritage] → riche
to live a rich life → avoir une vie bien remplie

[variety] → grand(e); [collection, mixture] → riche

that’s rich!, that’s a bit rich! → c’est gonflé!

riches npl (= wealth) → richesses fpl

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

rich

adj (+er)

(= splendid) furniture, decoration, style, clothes → prächtig; gift → teuer; banquet → üppig

(= abundant, plentiful) → reich; seaweed is a rich source of iodine → Seetang ist eine reiche Jodquelle

(= full, eventful) life → erfüllt; history, experience → reich; to be (all) the richer for something → durch etw bereichert sein

(inf: = amusing) → köstlich; that’s rich! (iro) → das ist stark (inf)

(Aut) mixture → fett

(= full of) to be rich in something (in resources etc) → reich an etw (dat) → sein; rich in vitamins/protein → vitamin-/eiweißreich; rich in corn/minerals → reich an Getreide/Bodenschätzen; rich in detail → sehr detailliert; rich in illustrations/examples → mit vielen Abbildungen/Beispielen; to be rich in spirit → ein gutes Herz haben; the air was rich with the scent of blossom → die Luft war von Blütenduft erfüllt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

rich

(ritʃ) adjective

1. wealthy; having a lot of money, possessions etc. a rich man/country.

2. (with in) having a lot (of something). This part of the country is rich in coal.

3. valuable. a rich reward; rich materials.

4. containing a lot of fat, eggs, spices etc. a rich sauce.

5. (of clothes, material etc) very beautiful and expensive.

ˈrichly adverbˈrichness nounˈriches noun plural

wealth.

rich

→ غَنِيّ bohatý rig reich πλούσιος rico rikas riche bogat ricco 金持ちの 부유한 rijk rik bogaty rico богатый rik รวย zengin giàu có 富的

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

rich

a. [wealth] rico-a, opulento-a; [food] sabroso-a; muy sazonado-a, muy condimentado-a.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

rich

adj (abundant) rico; — in protein rico en proteínas

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adjective, rich·er, rich·est.

having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man;a rich nation.

abounding in natural resources: a rich territory.

having wealth or valuable resources (usually followed by in): a country rich in traditions.

abounding (usually followed by in or with): a countryside rich in beauty;a design rich with colors.

of great value or worth; valuable: a rich collection of antique vases.

(of food) delectably and perhaps unhealthfully spicy, or sweet and abounding in butter or cream: a rich gravy;a rich pastry.

costly, expensively elegant, or fine, as dress or jewels.

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: rich sounds;a rich voice.

strongly fragrant; pungent: a rich odor.

producing or yielding abundantly: a rich soil.

abundant, plentiful, or ample: a rich supply.

Automotive. (of a mixture in a fuel system) having a relatively high ratio of fuel to air (contrasted with lean² def. 5).

noun Usually the rich .(used with a plural verb)

rich persons collectively: new tax shelters for the rich.

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Origin of rich

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English rīce (adjective), ultimately from Celtic; cognate with German reich “wealthy”; akin to Latin rēx, Sanskrit rājan “king”

synonym study for rich

1. Rich, wealthy, affluent all indicate abundance of possessions. Rich is the general word; it may imply that possessions are newly acquired: an oilman who became rich overnight. Wealthy suggests permanence, stability, and appropriate surroundings: a wealthy banker. Affluent usually suggests a generous amount of income, with a high standard of living and some social prestige and privilege: an affluent family.

OTHER WORDS FROM rich

richly, adverbrichness, nouno·ver·rich, adjectiveo·ver·rich·ly, adverb

o·ver·rich·ness, nounsu·per·rich, adjective, nounul·tra·rich, adjective, noun

Words nearby rich

rice rat, ricercar, ricercare, rice weevil, ricey, rich, Richard, Richard Coeur de Lion, Richard I, Richard II, Richard III

Other definitions for rich (2 of 2)

noun

Adrienne, 1929–2012, U.S. poet and feminist.

a male given name, form of Richard.

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Words related to rich

affluent, easy, fat, prosperous, wealthy, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do, elegant, expensive, fertile, full, gorgeous, lush, plentiful, smart, splendid, valuable, creamy, delicious

How to use rich in a sentence

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.

British Dictionary definitions for rich (1 of 2)

adjective

well supplied with wealth, property, etc; owning much
(as collective noun; preceded by the)the rich

(when postpositive , usually foll by in) having an abundance of natural resources, minerals, etca land rich in metals

producing abundantly; fertilerich soil

(when postpositive , usually foll by in or with) well supplied (with desirable qualities); abundant (in)a country rich with cultural interest

of great worth or quality; valuablea rich collection of antiques

luxuriant or prolifica rich growth of weeds

expensively elegant, elaborate, or fine; costlya rich display

(of food) having a large proportion of flavoursome or fatty ingredients, such as spices, butter, or cream

having a full-bodied flavoura rich ruby port

(of a smell) pungent or fragrant

(of colour) intense or vivid; deepa rich red

(of sound or a voice) full, mellow, or resonant

(of a fuel-air mixture) containing a relatively high proportion of fuelCompare weak (def. 12)

very amusing, laughable, or ridiculousa rich joke; a rich situation

noun

Word Origin for rich

Old English rīce (originally of persons: great, mighty), of Germanic origin, ultimately from Celtic (compare Old Irish rī king)

British Dictionary definitions for rich (2 of 2)

noun

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)

Buddy, real name Bernard Rich . 1917–87, US jazz drummer and band leader

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Other Idioms and Phrases with rich

In addition to the idiom beginning with rich

rich as Croesus

also see:

embarrassment of riches
from rags to riches
strike it rich

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1. [rıtʃ] (the rich) собир.

богатые

the rich and the poor — богатые и бедные

new rich — нувориши

idle rich — богатые бездельники

2. [rıtʃ]

1. богатый

rich person [community] — богатый человек [-ое общество]

to grow rich — разбогатеть

2. ценный, дорогой, роскошный; драгоценный

rich gifts — богатые дары

rich dresses — дорогие платья

rich stones — драгоценные камни

rich reward — ценная награда

3. 1) (in, with) изобилующий (), богатый ()

rich in minerals [in woods] — богатый ископаемыми [лесами]

an art gallery rich in the paintings by the Dutch masters — картинная галерея, в которой широко представлены полотна голландских мастеров

words rich in a variety of senses — слова с массой значений

2) (in) щедро одарённый

rich in the affection of his children — горячо любимый своими детьми

a country rich in traditions — страна, богатая традициями

3) широкий

rich area of study — широкая область исследования

4. тучный, плодородный, жирный; богатый

rich fields [soil] — тучные поля [-ая земля]

rich gold-fields — богатые золотые прииски

5. обильный

rich repast — обильная трапеза

rich harvest /crop/ — богатый урожай

rich foliage — густая листва

6. питательный; жирный; сдобный; сочный

rich food — жирная пища

rich milk [cream] — жирное молоко [-ые сливки]

rich cake — кекс с фруктами

rich dough — сдобное тесто

rich fruit — сочные фрукты

7. очень хороший, красивый, великолепный

rich landscape — красивый /великолепный/ пейзаж

rich suggestion — ценное предложение

9. неисчерпаемый, глубокий

rich theme — неисчерпаемая тема

rich words — полные глубокого смысла слова

rich language — богатый /сочный/ язык

rich allusions — многозначительные намёки

10. изысканный

rich wine — вино с тонким букетом

11. пряный, сильный ()

rich perfume — духи с крепким /стойким/ запахом

12. густой, интенсивный, яркий ()

rich red — ярко-красный цвет

of rich colouring — яркой окраски

13. () низкий, глубокий, мощный; мягкий

rich tones — низкие тоны

rich voice — глубокий грудной голос

14. полный, точный ()

1) увлекательный; забавный; смешной

rich incident — забавное приключение

rich scene — смешная сцена

rich joke — остроумная шутка

2) абсурдный

that’s rich! — что за чушь!

that’s a rich idea — ≅ это же курам на смех

3. [rıtʃ]

Новый большой англо-русский словарь.
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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English riche (“strong, powerful, rich”), from Old English rīċe (“powerful, mighty, great, high-ranking, rich, wealthy, strong, potent”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīkī (“powerful, rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“kingly, powerful, rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīks (“king, ruler”), an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs. Reinforced by Old French riche, from the same West Germanic source.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɹɪt͡ʃ/
Rhymes: -ɪtʃ
Homophone: riche
Hyphenation: rich

Adjective[edit]

rich (comparative richer, superlative richest)

Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
  
  “A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don’t want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb’s clothing. […]”
Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.

a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 116):
  
  It is the richest food I have ever eaten, and for this reason I soon learned to partake of it sparingly.
- 1709-1710, Thomas Baker, Reflections on Learning
  
  High sauces and rich spices are fetch’d from the Indies.
Remunerative.
- 2019 December, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 79:
  
  All racists I grew up with have rich jobs.
Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.

a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop
- 1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert
  
  Tho’ my Date of mortal Life be short, it shall be glorious; / Each minute shall be rich in some great action.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
  
  The gorgeous East with richest hand / Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold.
- 2013 July 27, “Battle of the bulge”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8846:
  
  For countries with rich culinary traditions that date back to the Aztecs and Incas, Mexico and Peru have developed quite a taste for modern food fashions. Mexicans quaff more fizzy drinks than any other country; Peru has the highest density of fast-food joints in the world.
Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful.

rich soil or land; a rich mine
Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly.

a rich endowment; a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich presents
- 1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], H[enry] Lawes, editor, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC:
  
  rich and various gems
Not faint or delicate; vivid.

a rich red colour
(informal) Very amusing.

The scene was a rich one.

a rich incident or character
(informal) Ridiculous, absurd, outrageous, preposterous, especially in a galling, hypocritical, or brazen way.
- 1858, William Brown (of Montreal), The Commercial Crisis: Its Cause and Cure (page 28)
  
  Now, if money be a marketable commodity like flour, as the Witness states, is it not rather a rich idea that of selling the use of a barrel of flour instead of the barrel of flour itself?
- 2017 March 8, Shashi Tharoor, “‘But What About the Railways… ?’ The Myth of Britain’s Gifts to India”, in The Guardian‎^[1], retrieved 14 April 2018:
  
  It is a bit rich to oppress, torture, imprison, enslave, deport and proscribe a people for 200 years, and then take credit for the fact that they are democratic at the end of it.
(computing) Elaborate, having complex formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.
- 2002, David Austerberry, The Technology of Video and Audio Streaming:
  
  A skilled multimedia developer will have no problems adding interactive video and audio into existing rich media web pages.
- 2003, Patricia Cardoza, Patricia DiGiacomo, Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
  
  Some rich text email messages contain formatting information that’s best viewed with Microsoft Word.
- 2008, Aaron Newman, Adam Steinberg, Jeremy Thomas, Enterprise 2.0 Implementation
  
  But what did matter was that the new web platform provided a rich experience.
Of a solute-solvent solution: not weak (not diluted); of strong concentration.

mixed up a batch that was quite rich
1. Of a fuel-air mixture: having more fuel (thus less air) than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; less air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.
  
  Antonym: lean
(finance) Trading at a price level which is high relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value.

The ETF is trading rich to NAV right now; we can arb this by selling the ETF and buying the underlying constituents.

Synonyms[edit]

(having wealth): See Thesaurus:wealthy

Antonyms[edit]

(wealthy): See Thesaurus:impoverished
(plentiful): needy
(computing): plain, unformatted, vanilla
(fuel-air mixture): lean
(financial markets): cheap

Derived terms[edit]

derich
filthy rich
get-rich-quick
hood rich
ice-rich
neutron-rich
nickel-rich
nigger rich
rhymes-with-rich
rich kid
rich media
rich tea-biscuit
rich text
richdom
richen
riches
richling
richly
richness
strike it rich
superrich
too rich for one’s blood
ultrarich
unrich

[edit]

nouveau riche

Translations[edit]

having wealth

Afrikaans: ryk (af)
Ainu: イコロアン (ikoro-an)
Albanian: i pasur (sq)
Arabic: غَنِيّ‎ (ḡaniyy)

Egyptian Arabic: غني‎ (ḡani)
Armenian: հարուստ (hy) (harust)
Azerbaijani: zəngin (az), varlı (az)
Bashkir: бай (bay)
Basque: aberats
Belarusian: бага́ты (be) (baháty)
Bengali: ধনী (bn) (dhoni)
Breton: pinvidik (br)
Bulgarian: бога́т (bg) (bogát)
Burmese: ဌေး (my) (hte:), ကြွယ် (my) (krwai)
Buryat: баян (bajan)
Catalan: ric (ca)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 富有 (zh) (fùyǒu), 富的 (zh) (fù-de), 有錢／有钱 (zh) (yǒuqián), (informal) 闊／阔 (zh) (kuò)

Min Dong: 富 (bou)
Crimean Tatar: zengin, bay
Czech: bohatý (cs) m
Danish: rig (da)
Dutch: rijk (nl)
Esperanto: riĉa (eo)
Estonian: rikas (et)
Evenki: баян (bajan)
Faroese: ríkur (fo)
Finnish: rikas (fi), (negative connotation) äveriäs (fi)
French: riche (fr)
Friulian: ric, siôr
Galician: rico
Georgian: მდიდარი (mdidari)
German: reich (de)
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌲𐍃 (gabigs)
Greek: πλούσιος (el) m (ploúsios), εύπορος (el) m (éfporos)

Ancient: πλούσιος (ploúsios)
Hawaiian: waiwai
Hebrew: עָשִׁיר‎ (he) (ashír)
Hindi: अमीर (hi) (amīr), धनी (hi) (dhanī), संपन्न (hi) (sampanna), गनी (hi) (ganī), धनवान (dhanvān)
Hungarian: gazdag (hu)
Icelandic: ríkur (is) m
Ido: richa (io)
Indonesian: kaya (id)
Interlingua: ric (ia)
Irish: saibhir
Italian: ricco (it)
Japanese: 裕福な (ja) (ゆうふくな, yūfuku na), 豊かな (ja) (ゆたかな, yutaka na), 富有な (ja) (ふゆうな, fuyū na), 金持ちの (ja) (かねもちの, kanemochi no)
Javanese: sugih (jv)
Kazakh: бай (bai)
Khmer: ធនិន (km) (thĕəʼnɨn), មហទ្ធន (km) (mĕəʼhatthŭən)
Korean: 풍부하다 (ko) (pungbuhada), 부유하다 (ko) (buyuhada)
Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: دۆڵەمەند‎ (dollemend), خاوەن پارە‎ (xawen pare)
Kyrgyz: бай (ky) (bay)
Lao: ມັ່ງ (mang), ລວຍ (luāi)
Latin: dīves (la), dīs (la), locuplēs
Latvian: bagāts, turīgs, mantīgs
Lithuanian: turtingas (lt)
Louisiana Creole French: rish
Low German:

German Low German: riek (nds)
Luxembourgish: räich (lb)
Macedonian: богат (bogat)
Malay: kaya (ms)
Maltese: għani
Manchu: ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ (bayan)
Maori: whairawa
Minangkabau: kayo
Mongolian: баян (mn) (bajan), элбэг (mn) (elbeg)
Nanai: баян
Navajo: atʼį́
Norman: riche m or f
Norwegian:

Bokmål: rik (no)

Nynorsk: rik
Occitan: ric (oc)
Old Czech: bohatý
Old Javanese: sugih
Old Occitan: ric
Oromo: dureessa
Ossetian:

Digor: гъӕздуг (ǧæzdug)

Iron: хъӕзны́г (qæznýg), хъӕзды́г (qæzdýg)
Pashto: بای‎ (ps) (bāy), بډا‎ (baḍã), غني‎ (ps) (ǧaní)
Persian: غنی‎ (fa) (ğani), ثروتمند‎ (fa) (servatmand), رایومند‎ (râyumand)
Polish: bogaty (pl)
Portuguese: rico (pt), rica (pt) f
Romani: barvalo
Romanian: bogat (ro), avut (ro)
Russian: бога́тый (ru) (bogátyj), состоя́тельный (ru) (sostojátelʹnyj), зажи́точный (ru) (zažítočnyj), обеспе́ченный (ru) (obespéčennyj)
Sanskrit: धन्य (sa) (dhánya), धनिक (sa) (dhanika), ईशान (sa) (īśāna), रयि (sa) (rayi), धनवत् (sa) (dhanavat), धनिन् (sa) (dhanin)
Scots: rik
Scottish Gaelic: beairteach
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: богат, имућан

Roman: bogat (sh), imućan
Shor: пай
Sicilian: riccu (scn)
Sidamo: dureessa
Slovak: bohatý (sk)
Slovene: bogàt (sl)
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: bogaty

Upper Sorbian: bohaty m
Spanish: rico (es)
Swahili: tajiri (sw)
Swedish: rik (sv)
Tagalog: mayaman
Tajik: сарватманд (tg) (sarvatmand), ғанӣ (tg) (ġanī), бой (tg) (boy)
Tamil: பணக்கார (paṇakkāra)
Tatar: бай (bay)
Telugu: సంపన్న (sampanna), ధనిక (te) (dhanika)
Thai: รวย (th) (ruai), มีเงิน (mii-ngən)
Tibetan: ཕྱུག་པོ (phyug po)
Tocharian B: śāte
Turkish: varlıklı (tr), varsıl (tr), zengin (tr)
Turkmen: baý (tk)
Ukrainian: бага́тий (uk) (bahátyj)
Urdu: امیر‎ (amīr), دھنی‎ (dhanī)
Uyghur: باي‎ (ug) (bay)
Uzbek: boy (uz)
Venetian: rico
Vietnamese: giàu (vi)
Volapük: liegik (vo)
Welsh: ariannog (cy), goludog, mwynfawr, cyfoethog (cy)
West Frisian: ryk
Yiddish: רײַך‎ (raykh)
Yucatec Maya: ayik’al

Noun[edit]

rich pl (plural only)

The rich people of a society or the world collectively, the rich class of a society.
- 1926 Jan., F. Scott Fitzgerald, «The Rich Boy», The Red Book Magazine, Vol. 46, No. 3, p. 28:
  
  Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft where we are hard, and cynical where we are trustful, in a way that, unless you were born rich, it is very difficult to understand. They think, deep in their hearts, that they are better than we are…
- 1936 Aug., Ernest Hemingway, «The Snows of Kilimanjaro», Esquire:
  
  …if he lived he would never write about her, he knew that now. Nor about any of them. The rich were dull and they drank too much, or they played too much backgammon. They were dull and they were repetitious. He remembered poor Scott Fitzgerald and his romantic awe of them and how he had started a story once that began, «The rich are different from you and me.» And how some one had said to Scott, Yes, they have more money. But that was not humorous to Scott. He thought they were a special glamourous race and when he found they weren’t it wrecked him just as much as any other thing that wrecked him.
- 1936 Aug. 15, Maxwell Perkins, letter to Elizabeth Lemmon:
  
  …Hem is headed for Wyoming,—& wasn’t that reference to Scott, in his splendid story otherwise, contemptable, & more so because he said «I am getting to know the rich» & Molly Colum said—we were at lunch together—»the only difference between the rich & other people is that the rich have more money.»
- 2010 Jan. 27, Matt Taibbi, «Populism: Just Like Racism!», True/Slant:
  
  This is the same Randian bullshit that we’ve been hearing from people like Brooks for ages and its entire premise is really revolting and insulting—this idea that the way society works is that the productive «rich» feed the needy «poor,» and that any attempt by the latter to punish the former for «excesses» might inspire Atlas to Shrug his way out of town and leave the helpless poor on their own to starve. That’s basically Brooks’s entire argument here. Yes, the rich and powerful do rig the game in their own favor, and yes, they are guilty of «excesses»—but fucking deal with it, if you want to eat.

Usage notes[edit]

The adjective rich forms two separate plural nouns: the rich are the people characterized by being rich, while riches are the things that make or might make someone rich. The existence of this separate sense of riches generally precludes informal countable use of rich similar to that seen in poors and wealthies.

Derived terms[edit]

eat the rich

Verb[edit]

rich (third-person singular simple present riches, present participle riching, simple past and past participle riched)

(obsolete, transitive) To enrich.
- c. 1386–1390, John Gower, Reinhold Pauli, editor, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Bell and Daldy […], published 1857, →OCLC:
  
  And than he shall be riched ſo,
  That it may faile nevermo
  
  (please add an English translation of this quote)
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
  
  With shadowy forests and with champains rich’d
(obsolete, intransitive) To become rich.

References[edit]

rich at OneLook Dictionary Search
“rich”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams[edit]

chir-

Central Franconian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

riech (parts of western Ripuarian)
reich (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German rīche, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ʀiɕ/

Adjective[edit]

rich (masculine riche, feminine rich or riche, comparative richer, superlative et richste)

(most of Ripuarian) rich, wealthy
- (Can we date this quote?), Traditional (lyrics and music), “Dä hellije Zint Määtes”, a popular song for St. Martin’s Day when the children go round singing for sweets:
  
  Hee wunnt ne riche Mann, dä us vill avjevve kann.
  Vill soll hä jevve, lang soll hä levve!
  Sielig soll hä sterve, der Himmel soll hä erve!
  
  Here lives a rich man, who can give us a lot.
  A lot he shall give, long he shall live!
  Blessed he shall die, heaven he shall inherit!

Middle English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

rich

Alternative form of riche (“rich”)

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