Rich

Short for Richard

Rich describes having abundant wealth or resources: a rich family, rich nations.

The meaning extends to anything plentiful or intense—rich soil is fertile, rich food is heavy with fat or flavor, rich colors are deep and vivid.

A rich experience is full and rewarding.

Rich also means containing valuable material: a site rich in copper deposits.

To strike it rich is to gain sudden wealth.

Calling something "a bit rich" (British) suggests it's hypocritical or excessive: That's rich, coming from you.

wealth

wealthy

Having abundant financial resources

billionaire · fortune · luxury · opulent · moneyed · well-off · loaded · tycoon · magnate · inheritance

abundant

plentiful

Existing in abundance

teeming · overflowing · profuse · copious · ample · fruitful · prolific · verdant · thriving · productive

flavor

decadent

Self-indulgent, often corruptly

savory · luscious · chocolate · velvety · full-bodied · heavy · dense · flavorful · sumptuous · ganache

complex

layered

Having multiple levels

detailed · intricate · deep · profound · elaborate · sophisticated · full · dense · rewarding · resonant

soil

fertile

Able to reproduce abundantly

nutrients · organic · dark · moist · productive · arable · topsoil · mulch · earthworms · nitrogen

color

vibrant

Full of life, intensity

vivid · intense · burgundy · emerald · ruby · mahogany · crimson · royal blue · golden · lustrous

Categories
Opposites
wealth/financial status

Richpoor

Lacking sufficient resources

impoverished · destitute · penniless · broke · needy

abundance/density

Richsparse

Thinly scattered or distributed

meager · scarce · lacking · bare · barren

flavor/sensory intensity

Richbland

Lacking distinctive qualities

light · plain · thin · watery · weak

Phrases
Family

riches, richly, richness, richest, richer, enrich, enriched, enrichment, enriching

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G