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rich (r ch)adj. rich·er, rich·est 1. Possessing great material wealth: "Now that he was rich he was not thought ignorant any more, but simply eccentric" Mavis Gallant. 2. Having great worth or value: a rich harvest of grain. 3. Magnificent; sumptuous: a rich brocade. 4. a. Having an abundant supply: rich in ideas. b. Abounding, especially in natural resources: rich land. 5. Meaningful and significant: "a rich sense of the transaction between writer and reader" William Zinsser. 6. Very productive and therefore financially profitable: rich seams of coal. 7. a. Containing a large amount of choice ingredients, such as butter, sugar, or eggs, and therefore unusually heavy or sweet: a rich dessert. b. Having or exuding a strong or pungent aroma: "Texas air is so rich you can nourish off it like it was food" Edna Ferber. 8. a. Pleasantly full and mellow: a rich tenor voice. b. Warm and strong in color: a rich brown velvet. 9. Containing a large proportion of fuel to air: a rich gas mixture. 10. Informal Highly amusing. n. (used with a pl. verb) Wealthy people considered as a group. Often used with the: "Were there, indeed, a sure appeal to the mercies of the rich, the calamities of the poor might be less intolerable" Charlotte Smith.
[Middle English riche, from Old French ( of Germanic origin) and from Old English r ce, strong, powerful; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]
rich ly adv. rich ness n. Synonyms: rich, affluent, flush1, loaded, moneyed, wealthy These adjectives mean having an abundant supply of money, property, or possessions of value: a rich executive; an affluent banker; a speculator flush with cash; not merely rich but loaded; moneyed heirs; wealthy corporations. |
Richesse, Richness wealth or opulence; martins collectively, 1486. Examples: richesse of glory, 1382; of all heavenly grace, 1590; of virtues and comfort of the Holy Ghost, 1400; of good works, 1539.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | richness - the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English"overgrowth - a profusion of growth on or over something else wilderness - a bewildering profusion; "the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups"; "a wilderness of masts in the harbor" | | 2. | richness - abundant wealth; "they studied forerunners of richness or poverty"; "the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty"wealth, wealthiness - the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money; "great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence" ease, comfort - a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all the material comforts of this world" | | 3. | richness - the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing; "the music had a fullness that echoed through the hall"; "the cheap wine had no body, no mellowness"; "he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance"property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" | | 4. | richness - the quality of having high intrinsic value; "the richness of the mines and pastureland"; "the cut of her clothes and the richness of the fabric were distinctive"value - the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world" | | 5. | richness - the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness" | | 6. | richness - a strong deep vividness of hue; "the fire-light gave a richness of coloring to that side of the room"tint, shade, tincture, tone - a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted" | | 7. | richness - splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the flora"excellence - the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree expansiveness, expansivity - a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand; "the expansiveness of their extravagant life style was soon curtailed" |
Translationsrichness [ˈrɪtʃnɪs] rich n ( wealth) → Reichtum m; (of life, culture, food) → Reichhaltigkeit f; ( of costumes, furnishings) → Pracht f
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