Rich

/ˈɹɪt͡ʃ/ · adjective

Meaning

Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions..

Definitions by Sense

1. Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
2. Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.
3. Remunerative.
4. Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.
5. Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful.
6. Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly.
7. Not faint or delicate; vivid.
8. (informal) Very amusing.

Example Sentences

“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.[…]”

In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]

The richest person in the world got even richer Friday, with Musk’s net worth hitting a record $347.8 billion, Bloomberg reported.

a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry

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

It is the richest food I have ever eaten, and for this reason I soon learned to partake of it sparingly.

All racists I grew up with have rich jobs.

a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop

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Word Forms

• richer
• more rich
• richest
• most rich
• riches
• riching
• riched

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