Definitions for rich
rɪtʃrich

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. rich people, richadjective

   people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group)

   "only the very rich benefit from this legislation"

2. richadjective

   possessing material wealth

   "her father is extremely rich"; "many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles"

3. richadjective

   having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or substances (especially natural resources)

   "blessed with a land rich in minerals"; "rich in ideas"; "rich with cultural interest"

4. richadjective

   of great worth or quality

   "a rich collection of antiques"

5. fat, fertile, productive, richadjective

   marked by great fruitfulness

   "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"

6. deep, richadjective

   strong; intense

   "deep purple"; "a rich red"

7. richadjective

   very productive

   "rich seams of coal"

8. richadjective

   high in mineral content; having a high proportion of fuel to air

   "a rich vein of copper", "a rich gas mixture"

9. richadjective

   suggestive of or characterized by great expense

   "a rich display"

10. richadjective

    containing plenty of fat, or eggs, or sugar

    "rich desserts"; "they kept gorging on rich foods"

11. full-bodied, racy, rich, robustadjective

    marked by richness and fullness of flavor

    "a rich ruby port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee"

12. richadjective

    pleasantly full and mellow

    "a rich tenor voice"

13. ample, copious, plenteous, plentiful, richadjective

    affording an abundant supply

    "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. richadjective

   Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.

2. richadjective

   Having a fatty, intense flavour.

3. richadjective

   Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling

4. richadjective

   Very amusing.

5. richadjective

   Ridiculous, absurd.

6. richadjective

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

7. richadjective

   Of a fuel-air mixture, having less air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; less air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.

8. Richnoun

   A diminutive of the male given name Richard.

9. Richnoun

   A surname.

10. Etymology: From riche, from rice, from rīkijaz, probably from rīgos, from reg-. Cognate with ryk, rijk, reich, rig, ríkur. The Middle English word was reinforced by riche, from the same Proto-Germanic root.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RICHadjective

   Etymology: riche, Fr. ricco, Italian; rica , Saxon.

   1. Wealthy; abounding in wealth; abounding in money or possessions; opulent.

   I am as rich in having such a jewel,
   As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl. William Shakespeare.

   The rich shall not give more, and the poor no less. Exod.

   A thief bent to unhoard the cash
   Of some rich burgher. John Milton.

   Several nations of the Americans are rich in land, and poor in all the comforts of life. John Locke.

   He may look upon the rich as benefactors, who have beautified the prospect all around him. Jeremiah Seed.

   2. Valuable; estimable; precious; splendid; sumptuous.

   Earth, in her rich attire,
   Consummate lovely smil’d. John Milton.

   3. Having any ingredients or qualities in a great quantity or degree.

   So we th’ Arabian coast do know
   At distance, when the spices blow,
   By the rich odour taught to steer,
   Though neither day nor star appear. Edmund Waller.

   If life be short, it shall be glorious,
   Each minute shall be rich in some great action. Nicholas Rowe.

   Sauces and rich spices are fetched from India. Thomas Baker.

   4. Fertile; fruitful.

   There are, who fondly studious of increase,
   Rich foreign mold on their ill-natur’d land
   Induce. Philips.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rich

   The ring-imaging Cherenkov, or RICH, detector is a device for identifying the type of an electrically charged subatomic particle of known momentum, that traverses a transparent refractive medium, by measurement of the presence and characteristics of the Cherenkov radiation emitted during that traversal. RICH detectors were first developed in the 1980s and are used in high energy elementary particle- , nuclear- and astro-physics experiments. This article outlines the origins and principles of the RICH detector, with brief examples of its different forms in modern physics experiments.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rich

   Rich refers to having a significant amount of wealth or valuable resources, which could include money, properties, or other possessions of high value. It can also refer to being abundant, plentiful, or highly concentrated in quality or quantity. In a broader sense, it might not only refer to material wealth but also to spiritual or cultural wealth, as in a rich culture or rich in kindness.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Rich

   having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of a large amount of property; well supplied with land, goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; affluent; -- opposed to poor

2. Rich

   hence, in general, well supplied; abounding; abundant; copious; bountiful; as, a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop

3. Rich

   yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful; as, rich soil or land; a rich mine

4. Rich

   composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly; as, a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich presents

5. Rich

   abounding in agreeable or nutritive qualities; -- especially applied to articles of food or drink which are high-seasoned or abound in oleaginous ingredients, or are sweet, luscious, and high-flavored; as, a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry; rich wine or fruit

6. Rich

   not faint or delicate; vivid; as, a rich color

7. Rich

   full of sweet and harmonius sounds; as, a rich voice; rich music

8. Rich

   abounding in beauty; gorgeous; as, a rich landscape; rich scenery

9. Rich

   abounding in humor; exciting amusement; entertaining; as, the scene was a rich one; a rich incident or character

10. Richverb

    to enrich

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rich

   rich (comp. Rich′er, superl. Rich′est), adj. abounding in possessions: wealthy: valuable: sumptuous: fertile: full of agreeable or nutritive qualities: affluent: productive, as a rich mine: costly: mighty: ruling: ample: of superior quality: luxurious: of great moral worth: highly seasoned or flavoured, as rich pastry: bright, as a colour: full of harmonious sounds, as a rich voice: full of beauty, as a rich landscape: of a vivid colour: extravagant, as a rich joke.—v.t. (Shak.) to enrich.—v.i. to grow rich.—v.i. Rich′en, to become rich, or of higher quality of any kind.—adj. Rich′-left (Shak.), left with much wealth, richly endowed.—adv. Rich′ly.—n. Rich′ness, wealth: abundance: fruitfulness: value: costliness: abundance of imagery. [A.S. ríce, rich; Ger. reich, Dut. rijk, Goth. reiks.]

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1. rich

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2. RICH

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RICH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rich is ranked #696 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Rich surname appeared 49,481 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 17 would have the surname Rich.
   
   85.2% or 42,158 total occurrences were White.
   9.2% or 4,597 total occurrences were Black.
   2.4% or 1,192 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 925 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 332 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.5% or 277 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rich' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1595

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rich' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1506

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rich' in Adjectives Frequency: #155

How to pronounce rich?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say rich in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rich in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rich in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of rich in a Sentence

1. James Delgado:

   We are undertaking this exploration of the San Francisco Bay in part to learn more about its maritime heritage as well as to test recent advances in technology that will allow us to better protect and understand the rich stories found beneath the Bay's waters.

2. Dan Buettner:

   This notion that you have to be rich to be healthy is completely wrong, and in Blue Zones we're almost wholly seeing longevity among people who would technically be well below the U.S. poverty line.

3. Johann von Goethe:

   Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit place in conversation.

4. Jerry Coleman:

   Rich Folkers is throwing up in the bullpen.

5. Ali Abdou:

   I got infected by coronavirus, I took natural herbs and spices that our ancestors used. I was well again, we work very hard with our bodies and it gives us strong immunity, one of us dies only when his time has come. Those rare diseases only affect the rich and we are not among them.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=rich
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rich
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=rich
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rich
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=rich
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html