Meaning

14 senses
  1. Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.

  2. Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.

    a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry; a very rich chocolate cake

    1709-1710, Thomas Baker, Reflections on Learning High sauces and rich spices are fetch'd from the Indies.

    strong; intense

  3. Remunerative.

  4. Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.

    a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop

    rich in fiber; rich in traditions

    affording an abundant supply

  5. Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful.

    rich soil or land; a rich mine

    very productive

  6. 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

  7. Not faint or delicate; vivid.

    a rich red colour

  8. (informal)Very amusing.

    The scene was a rich one.

    a rich incident or character

  9. (informal)Ridiculous, absurd, outrageous, preposterous, especially in a galling, hypocritical, or brazen way.

    That's rich, coming from you.

  10. (slang, uncommon)Pornographic; titillating.

  11. Elaborate, having complex formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.

  12. Of a solute-solvent solution: not weak (not diluted); of strong concentration.

    mixed up a batch that was quite rich

Examples

2774 sentences
  1. The rich are not always happy.

    Багаті не завжди щасливі. — deniko

    ruБогатые не всегда счастливы. — Gruzilkin

    deReiche sind nicht immer glücklich. — MUIRIEL

  2. Do you want to be rich?

    Хочеш бути багатим? — deniko

    ruХочешь быть богатым? — corvard

    deWollt ihr reich werden? — MUIRIEL

  3. This country is rich in oil.

    Ця країна багата на нафту. — deniko

    ruЭта страна богата нефтью. — odexed

    deDieses Land ist reich an Öl. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. This country is rich in coal.

    Ця країна багата на вуголь. — deniko

    ruЭта страна богата углём. — marafon

    deDieses Land ist reich an Kohle. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Australia is rich in natural resources.

    Австралія багата природними ресурсами. — deniko

    ruАвстралия богата природными ресурсами. — afyodor

    deAustralien ist reich an natürlichen Ressourcen. — Miyako

Translations

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Origin

From Middle English riche (“strong, powerful, rich”), from Old English rīċe (“powerful, mi

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.

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Forms

richer/more rich, richest/most rich
Comparativericher / more rich Lesson
Superlativerichest / most rich Lesson

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Synonyms

27 synonyms

Antonyms

63 antonyms

Word family

48 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • as rich as
  • isn't as rich
  • rich man
  • a rich man
  • rich enough to
  • not as rich
  • the richest man
  • to be rich
  • is rich enough
  • rich enough
  • richest man in
  • is richer than

See also

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