Rich
[rɪtʃ]
Definition
(adj.) pleasantly full and mellow; 'a rich tenor voice' .
(adj.) very productive; 'rich seams of coal' .
(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.) high in mineral content; having a high proportion of fuel to air; 'a rich vein of copper', 'a rich gas mixture' .
(adj.) of great worth or quality; 'a rich collection of antiques' .
(adj.) containing plenty of fat, or eggs, or sugar; 'rich desserts'; 'they kept gorging on rich foods' .
Inputed by Bess--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) 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.
(superl.) Hence, in general, well supplied; abounding; abundant; copious; bountiful; as, a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop.
(superl.) Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful; as, rich soil or land; a rich mine.
(superl.) 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.
(superl.) 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.
(superl.) Not faint or delicate; vivid; as, a rich color.
(superl.) Full of sweet and harmonius sounds; as, a rich voice; rich music.
(superl.) Abounding in beauty; gorgeous; as, a rich landscape; rich scenery.
(superl.) Abounding in humor; exciting amusement; entertaining; as, the scene was a rich one; a rich incident or character.
(v. t.) To enrich.
Typist: Margery
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Wealthy, opulent, affluent, flush, moneyed.[2]. Splendid, precious, costly, sumptuous, valuable, estimable.[3]. Savory, delicious, luscious, exquisite.[4]. Plentiful, plenteous, abundant, copious, abounding, ample, full, flowing with milk and honey.[5]. Fruitful, fertile, luxuriant, teeming, productive, prolific.
Edited by Bonita
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Wealthy, opulent, affluent, abundant, generous, productive, copious, fertile,fruitful, valuable, costly, high-flavored, luscious, oleaginous, vivid, deep,bright, superb, gorgeous
ANT:Poor, impoverished, impecunious, needy, indigent, reduced, exhausted,unproductive, scanty, niggardly, barren, sterile, unfruitful, valueless,tasteless, watery, pale, beggarly, nude, bald, cold
Checker: Rita
Definition
superl. Rich′est) adj. abounding in possessions: wealthy: valuable: sumptuous: fertile: full of agreeable or nutritive qualities: affluent: productive as a rich mine: costly: mighty: ruling: ample: of superior quality: luxurious: of great moral worth: highly seasoned or flavoured as rich pastry: bright as a colour: full of harmonious sounds as a rich voice: full of beauty as a rich landscape: of a vivid colour: extravagant as a rich joke.—v.t. (Shak.) to enrich.—v.i. to grow rich.—v.i. Rich′en to become rich or of higher quality of any kind.—adj. Rich′-left (Shak.) left with much wealth richly endowed.—adv. Rich′ly.—n. Rich′ness wealth: abundance: fruitfulness: value: costliness: abundance of imagery.
Typist: Rosanna
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are possessed of riches, denotes that you will rise to high places by your constant exertion and attention to your affairs. See Wealth.
Editor: Vlad
Unserious Contents or Definition
adj. Holding in trust and subject to an accounting the property of the indolent the incompetent the unthrifty the envious and the luckless. That is the view that prevails in the underworld where the Brotherhood of Man finds its most logical development and candid advocacy. To denizens of the midworld the word means good and wise.
Edited by Cathryn
Examples
- We should be rich men if we had 1000 pounds for every poor devil who has been done to death in that den. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The business may still flourish with good management, and the master become as rich as any of the company. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Her rich colour, her quick blood, her rapid breath, were all setting themselves against the opportunity of retracing their steps. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He is rich, is he not? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- To grow rich is to get money; and wealth and money, in short, are, in common language, considered as in every respect synonymous. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- From him the poor may learn to acquire wealth, and the rich to adapt it to the purposes of beneficence. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It is rich in biographical material. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It was finer, more fertile, altogether richer. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- How could I think so, when you refused a richer man for me, and won't let me give you half I want to now, when I have the right? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Dress had become richer, finer, and more beautiful. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- China is a much richer country than any part of Europe, and the difference between the price of subsistence in China and in Europe is very great. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Well, my love, I consider him a trump, in the fullest sense of that expressive word, but I do wish he was a little younger and a good deal richer. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The more tenacious the memory, the richer the supply of image s, the greater the powers of adaptation and survival. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The rich grew richer and the poor poorer. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For many centuries Constantinople was the greatest and richest city in the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Two half-quartern brans; pound of best fresh; piece of double Glo'ster; and, to wind up all, some of the richest sort you ever lushed! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Since they had the richest and most fertile in the world, they have both ceased to be so. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Lord Mount-James is one of the richest men in England. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- After the church of Rome, that of England is by far the richest and best endowed church in Christendom. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The Greek Chapel is the most roomy, the richest and the showiest chapel in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The banquet was crowned with the richest wines, both foreign and domestic. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Riches became mine, wealth poured in upon me, and I rioted in pleasures enhanced a thousandfold to me by the consciousness of my well-kept secret. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There you will find great towns, rich provinces, honour, glory, riches. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He has had no education, or he would never have allowed the blind god of riches to lead the dance within him. Plato. The Republic.
- May she always be poor, if she can employ her riches no better. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- All these things, however, riches, pride of social standing, handsome physique, were externals. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But this accounts not sufficiently for the satisfaction, which attends riches. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Then we passed within the great doors, and it seemed that the riches of the world were before us! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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