rich en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ/
- (US) audio
- [ˈɹʷɪt͡ʃ]
Etymology
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. Cognate with Dutch rijk, German reich, Danish rig, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish rik, Faroese and Icelandic ríkur, Portuguese and Spanish rico, French riche, Italian ricco.
Meanings
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Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
The richest person in the world got even richer Friday, with Musk’s net worth hitting a record $347.8 billion, Bloomberg reported.
2024 November 22, Ramishah Maruf, “Elon Musk has never been richer. He’s now worth nearly $350 billion”, in CNN:In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]
2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:“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.[…]”
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
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Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.
It is the richest food I have ever eaten, and for this reason I soon learned to partake of it sparingly.
1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 116:1709-1710, Thomas Baker, Reflections on Learning High sauces and rich spices are fetch'd from the Indies.
a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry; a very rich chocolate cake
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Remunerative.
All racists I grew up with have rich jobs.
2019 December, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 79:
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Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.
The gorgeous East with richest hand / Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold.
1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:rich in fiber; rich in traditions
Elantris is quite an exceptional read, a wonderfully rich world of living breathing characters, great plot, and some very original ideas.
2011 December 13, Antony Jones, “Book review of 'Elantris' by Brandon Sanderson”, in SF Book: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.
2013 July 27, “Battle of the bulge”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8846:Tho' my Date of mortal Life be short, it shall be glorious; / Each minute shall be rich in some great action.
1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert:a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop
Sham Shui Po might be one of Hong Kong’s poorest neighbourhoods but it has a rich immigrant history and a glut of fantastic street-food joints.
2021 August 18, Lee Cobaj, “Best things to do in Hong Kong”, in The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2021:
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Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful.
rich soil or land; a rich mine
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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
rich and various gems
1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, 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:
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Not faint or delicate; vivid.
a rich red colour
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(informal) Very amusing.
The scene was a rich one.
a rich incident or character
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(informal) Ridiculous, absurd, outrageous, preposterous, especially in a galling, hypocritical, or brazen way.
That's rich, coming from you.
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.
2017 March 8, Shashi Tharoor, “‘But What About the Railways... ?’ The Myth of Britain’s Gifts to India”, in The Guardian, retrieved 14 Apr 2018: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?
1858, William Brown (of Montreal), The Commercial Crisis: Its Cause and Cure (page 28)
- (slang, uncommon) Pornographic; titillating.
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Elaborate, having complex formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.
A skilled multimedia developer will have no problems adding interactive video and audio into existing rich media web pages.
2002, David Austerberry, The Technology of Video and Audio Streaming:But what did matter was that the new web platform provided a rich experience.
2008, Aaron Newman, Adam Steinberg, Jeremy Thomas, Enterprise 2.0 Implementation:Some rich text email messages contain formatting information that's best viewed with Microsoft Word.
2003, Patricia Cardoza, Patricia DiGiacomo, Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003:
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Of a solute-solvent solution: not weak (not diluted); of strong concentration.
mixed up a batch that was quite rich
- Of a solute-solvent solution: not weak (not diluted); of strong concentration. ▸ 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.
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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.
Forms
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| most rich | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more rich | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| richest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
strapped · hard up · down on one's luck · bankrupt · goodless · needy · insolvent · penniless · stuck · indigent · flat · lower-class · impoverished · oofless · stony-broke · almsless · poor as a church mouse · pinched · unwealthy · shillingless · moneyless · badly off · groatless · arm · feeling the pinch · lean · poverty-stricken · unformatted · farthingless · broken · wealthless · stone-broke · penurious · in need · poor · possessionless · down at heel · vanilla · pauperized · necessitous · plain · impecunious · scarce · cheap · broke · pok kai · poor as Job · low · threadbare · depauperate · dirt poor · empty-handed · down and out · poverty-ridden · disadvantaged · down on one's uppers · skint · boracic · beggarly · broker than the Ten Commandments · destitute · poor as a rat · poor · beggared
Deriveds
richness · Richlands · species-rich · ice-rich · stinking rich · richsplain · richling · filthy rich · nonrich · be part of life's rich tapestry · richish · rich-kid · Richmond · superrich · poor little rich boy · hood rich · Rich Grove · rich bitch · ultra rich · rich man's disease · nigger-rich · derich · rich Internet application · richdom · rich man · rich kid · richlet · the rich get richer · rich as Croesus · too rich for one's blood · oil-rich · neo-rich · iron-rich · rich face · semirich · rich tea biscuit · ultra-rich · richly · generich · overrich · super-rich · new-rich · nickel rich · richery · get rich quicker · engine-rich · strike it rich · rich for one's blood · riches · rich client · richen · cash rich · get-rich-quick · rich gold · nigger rich · Richland · rich tea-biscuit · richweed · rich text · rhymes-with-rich · bird-rich · unrich · antirich · 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 · poor little rich girl · neutron-rich · nickel-rich · ultrarich · megarich · rich media
Relateds
Synonyms
minted · loaded · upper crust · filthy rich · comfortably off · well off · of means · well-endowed · rolling in it · rich · rich as Croesus · oofy · moneyed · well-heeled · well-to-do · wealthy · rolling · fat · rolling in dough · bow-legged wi' brass · moneybags
Translations (200)
es rico (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.) · ms kaya (having wealth) · ro avut (having wealth) · ckb دۆڵەمەند (having wealth) · haw waiwai (having wealth) · ky бай (having wealth) · ja 裕福な (having wealth) · te ధనిక (having wealth) · yua ayik'al (having wealth) · fur ric (having wealth) · kk дәулетті (having wealth) · hi धनी (having wealth) · km ធនិន (having wealth) · sh imućan (having wealth) · tt бай (having wealth) · nb rik (having wealth) · sid dureessa (having wealth) · hi धनवान (having wealth) · ru зажи́точный (having wealth) · lv bagāts (having wealth) · arz غني (having wealth) · cmn 富裕 (having wealth) · ko 풍부하다 (productive, fertile) · crh zengin (having wealth) · sq i pasur (having wealth) · la dīs (having wealth) · cjs пай (having wealth) · hi अमीर (having wealth) · mk богат (having wealth) · mnc ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ (having wealth) · sl bogàt (having wealth) · ru бога́тый (having wealth) · izh paksu (having wealth) · cy cyfoethog (having wealth) · izh rikas (having wealth) · nn rik (having wealth) · sa धनिक (having wealth) · ga méith (productive, fertile) · cs bohatý (having wealth) · yi רײַך (having wealth) · az zəngin (having wealth) · lv turīgs (having wealth) · hu gazdag (having wealth) · cy ariannog (having wealth) · mi haumako (productive, fertile) · tg бой (having wealth) · es pesudo (having wealth) · sw tajiri (having wealth) · io richa (having wealth) · ast ricu (having wealth) · lv mantīgs (having wealth) · ro bogat (having wealth) · tl mayaman (having wealth) · ar غَنِيّ (having wealth) · mt għani (having wealth) · cmn 富有 (having wealth) · hi संपन्न (having wealth) · sh богат (having wealth) · fr riche (having an intense fatty or sugary flavor) · grc πλούσιος (having wealth) · fi rikas (having wealth) · my ကြွယ် (having wealth) · sh bogat (having wealth) · ale tukux̂ (having wealth) · gl rico (having wealth) · is ríkur (having wealth) · nds-de riek (having wealth) · te సంపన్న (having wealth) · de reich (having wealth) · cdo 富 (having wealth) · pl bogaty (having wealth) · sq kamun (gheg) (having wealth) · lo ລວຍ (having wealth) · ps بای (having wealth) · ko 풍부하다 (having wealth) · kk бай (having wealth) · es cargado (having an intense fatty or sugary flavor) · ga borrúil (productive, fertile) · la dīves (having wealth) · grc λιπαρός (productive, fertile) · az varlı (having wealth) · tr varlıklı (having wealth) · uz boy (having wealth) · af ryk (having wealth) · nl rijk (having wealth) · el εύπορος (having wealth) · hi गनी (having wealth) · ja 豊かな (having wealth) · bo ཕྱུག་པོ (having wealth) · it ricco (having wealth) · hsb bohaty (having wealth) · rom barvalo (having wealth) · ru состоя́тельный (having wealth) · ka მდიდარი (having wealth) · tr varsıl (having wealth) · cmn 有錢 /有钱 (having wealth) · nv atʼį́ (having wealth) · eu aberats (having wealth) · ur دھنی (having wealth) · da rig (having wealth) · bn ধনী (having wealth) · bg плодороден (productive, fertile) · kaw sugih (having wealth) · ru иму́щий (having wealth) · izh rahalliin (having wealth) · pt rico (having wealth) · scn riccu (having wealth) · bua баян (having wealth) · la dīs (productive, fertile) · fa رایومند (having wealth) · lus hausa (having wealth) · nrf riche (having wealth) · dsb bogaty (having wealth) · lt turtingas (having wealth) · slr bar (having wealth) · sh имућан (having wealth) · be бага́ты (having wealth) · ca ric (having wealth) · fo ríkur (having wealth) · fr riche (productive, fertile) · lb räich (having wealth) · ru обеспе́ченный (having wealth) · pt rica (having wealth) · tk baý (having wealth) · es rico (having wealth) · la dīves (productive, fertile) · izh rahakas (having wealth) · bg бога́т (having wealth) · evn баян (having wealth) · mfe ris (having wealth) · my ဌေး (having wealth) · la locuplēs (having wealth) · oc ric (having wealth) · ta பணக்கார (having wealth) · kix shīumēi (having wealth) · fy ryk (having wealth) · cy mwynfawr (having wealth) · ain イコロアン (having wealth) · ia ric (having wealth) · ckb خاوەن پارە (having wealth) · ja 富有な (having wealth) · fa ثروتمند (having wealth) · gld баян (having wealth) · sa ईशान (having wealth) · zlw-ocs bohatý (having wealth) · ps غني (having wealth) · pro ric (having wealth) · th รวย (having wealth) · ms lemak (having an intense fatty or sugary flavor) · eo riĉa (having wealth) · sk bohatý (having wealth) · gd beairteach (having wealth) · he עָשִׁיר (having wealth) · kix jūmêi (having wealth) · fa غنی (having wealth) · el πλούσιος (having wealth) · fr riche (having wealth) · ko 부유하다 (having wealth) · crh bay (having wealth) · txb śāte (having wealth) · cy goludog (having wealth) · sa धन्य (having wealth) · sco rik (having wealth) · ht rich (having wealth) · ur امیر (having wealth) · tr zengin (having wealth) · om dureessa (having wealth) · th มีเงิน (having wealth) · jv sugih (having wealth) · sa धनवत् (having wealth) · sa धनिन् (having wealth) · cmn 闊 /阔 (having wealth) · ps بډا (having wealth) · et rikas (having wealth) · br pinvidik (having wealth) · id kaya (having wealth) · fur siôr (having wealth) · mn баян (having wealth) · mi whairawa (having wealth) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌲𐍃 (having wealth) · vec rico (having wealth) · fi äveriäs (having wealth) · tg сарватманд (having wealth) · ja 金持ちの (having wealth) · uk бага́тий (having wealth) · lo ມັ່ງ (having wealth) · mn элбэг (having wealth) · lou rish (having wealth) · vi giàu (having wealth) · km មហទ្ធន (having wealth) · ba бай (having wealth) · hy հարուստ (having wealth) · izh karvain (having wealth) · sa रयि (having wealth) · sv rik (having wealth) · min kayo (having wealth) · ug باي (having wealth) · tg ғанӣ (having wealth) · vo liegik (having wealth) · ga saibhir (having wealth)