Riches
['rɪtʃɪz]
Definition
(a.) That which makes one rich; an abundance of land, goods, money, or other property; wealth; opulence; affluence.
(a.) That which appears rich, sumptuous, precious, or the like.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. Wealth, opulence, affluence, fortune, mammon, lucre, pelf, ample means, ample store.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Wealth, opulence, affluence, wealthiness, richness, plenty, abundance,treasure, possessions
ANT:Poverty, pauperism, impecuniosity, neediness, indigence, destitution,necessity, lack, privation, beggary, insolvency
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Definition
n.pl. (in B. sometimes n.sing.) wealth: richness: abundance: an intellectual treasure as the riches of wisdom: the pearl flower or cream of anything.
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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.
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Examples
- 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.
- That and the riches, Anselmo said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She was overwhelmed with a sense of a heavenful of riches. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A perfect fury for making acquaintances on whom to impress their riches and importance, had seized the House of Dorrit. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It was a revenue, too, of a nature to excite in human avidity the most extravagant expectation of still greater riches. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- You have youth, health, riches, a place in the world, a prospect before you. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- That to their colonies is carried on in their own, and is much greater, on account of the great riches and extent of those colonies. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But it's so easy to hope not and think not, without the riches. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I learned that the possessions most esteemed by your fellow-creatures were, high and unsullied descent united with riches. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
Typist: Phil