RICH
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
• RICH (noun)
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))
• RICH (adjective)
Meaning:
Possessing material wealth
Context examples:
her father is extremely rich / 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; wealthy (having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value)
Also:
privileged (blessed with privileges)
abundant (present in great quantity)
Attribute:
economic condition; financial condition (the condition of finances)
Antonym:
poor (having little money or few possessions)
Meaning:
Having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or substances (especially natural resources)
Context examples:
blessed with a land rich in minerals / rich in ideas / rich with cultural interest
Antonym:
poor (lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances)
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)
Meaning:
Marked by great fruitfulness
Synonyms:
rich; productive; fertile; fat
Context examples:
fertile farmland / a fat land / a productive vineyard / rich soil
Similar:
fruitful (productive or conducive to producing in abundance)
Meaning:
Strong; intense
Synonyms:
rich; deep
Context examples:
deep purple / a rich red
Similar:
colorful; colourful (having striking color)
Meaning:
Very productive
Context example:
rich seams of coal
Similar:
productive (producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly))
Meaning:
High in mineral content; having a high proportion of fuel to air
Context examples:
a rich vein of copper / 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)
Meaning:
Suggestive of or characterized by great expense
Context example:
a rich display
Similar:
deluxe; gilded; grand; luxurious; opulent; princely; sumptuous (rich and superior in quality)
lavish; lucullan; lush; plush; plushy (characterized by extravagance and profusion)
Antonym:
poor (characterized by or indicating poverty)
Meaning:
Containing plenty of fat, or eggs, or sugar
Context examples:
rich desserts / they kept gorging on rich foods
Similar:
unwholesome (detrimental to physical or moral well-being)
Meaning:
Marked by richness and fullness of flavor
Synonyms:
full-bodied; racy; robust; rich
Context examples:
a rich ruby port / full-bodied wines / a robust claret / the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee
Similar:
tasty (pleasing to the sense of taste)
Meaning:
Pleasantly full and mellow
Context example:
a rich tenor voice
Similar:
full ((of sound) having marked depth and body)
Meaning:
Affording an abundant supply
Synonyms:
plenteous; plentiful; copious; ample; rich
Context examples:
had ample food for the party / copious provisions / food is plentiful / a plenteous grape harvest / a rich supply
Similar:
abundant (present in great quantity)
