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rich

303 1.0
Full of something useful, like minerals
  • adjective
  • /rɪtʃ/
translation icon : rico (en)
  • The Moroccan coast is a rich fishing ground, and a lot of people make their living from the sea.
  • rich soil
  • a rich resource
  • nutrient-rich

It's also an incredibly complex and rich world as well.

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Examples

  • Video is a very rich source of knowledge.

  • Each of these different viewpoints could bring rich insight and help design more inclusive service.

    Academic text (2013)
  • So this has become a very rich and huge data set.

  • It's also an incredibly complex and rich world as well.

  • There is an increasing gap between the very few rich and the mostly poor citizens.

    Academic text (2011)
  • We need to represent them as such and build a rich, diverse selection of them.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Uh, this is a rich archaeological area, and we have reason to believe that your property may potentially be an important site.

  • The school librarian provided access to a rich collection of materials with input from classroom teachers.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The interviews with the counselors resulted in rich and textured data concerning the phenomenon of passion.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The soil in this region is very rich, allowing farmers to produce abundant crops.

Synonyms

ample
vsrich
104 3.7

More than enough for what is needed

is similar but may stress overall abundance rather than capacity
abundant
vsrich
77 3.0

Present in large amounts or more than needed

is broader, also implying capacity to create or sustain supply
plentiful
vsrich
48 2.5

There is more than enough of something

is used more widely to mean both supply and productive capacity
productive
vsrich
46 2.7

Giving large amounts of crops or fruit

is present-focused, not mainly about active production
fertile
vsrich
34 3.2

Land or soil that grows many crops

is general abundance and not limited to land or growth
copious
vsrich
19 6.8

Large in amount or number, like rain and notes

is similar but focuses on general supply rather than sheer volume
bountiful
vsrich
19 4.9

Having a lot of something, especially food or things grown in a garden

is the neutral idea of large supply without generous tone
well-endowed
vsrich
1 6.8

Having a large amount of something useful, like money or books

is the general idea of abundance without implying special qualities
plenteous
vsrich
  • Archaic
7.5

Having a lot of something, like food or rain

is the common modern expression for the same general idea

Having a lot of money, people, and equipment to do its work

is general abundance, not limited to institutional resource contexts

Antonyms

838 1.0

Not good enough in quality or amount

108 2.5

Thin with little extra fat or money

103 4.8

Not enough of something for people who need it

meager
  • US
48 4.8

Too small in amount or quality to be enough

Idioms

filthy rich
  • Informal
14 4.4

Having a lot more money than most people

1 8.4

More expensive than I can afford or want to pay

eat the rich
  • Informal
9.8

A chant people use to protest the rich and call for sharing wealth, often in a joking way

8.4

The many different experiences people have in life, both good and bad

Compounds

83 1.0

People who have a lot of money and property

74 1.0

A man who has a lot of money and owns many things

36 2.7

A child or young person from a family that has a lot of money

14 3.3

Containing a lot of something, like emotion or taste

10 3.8

People who have far more money than most others

9 3.9

A long, important past with many famous events and strong traditions

6 1.0

A person who has a lot of money and many valuable things

The difference in how much money and comfort rich and poor people have

3 3.5

Many important traditions, arts, and shared ways of life of a group

A dishonest plan that promises to make you rich quickly with little work

1 2.2

A strong pleasant taste in food or drink

A young man who has a lot of money but feels lonely or unhappy

1 3.6

A diet high in foods like vegetables, fruit, and whole grains that helps digestion

Food or drink that is full of flavor and very filling

A large variety of plants, animals, and other life in one area

A young woman who seems unhappy or lonely even though she has a lot of money

Having a lot of nectar that attracts bees and butterflies

rich face
  • Literature
9.9

A face that shows strong character and deep feeling

Illnesses that come from a rich lifestyle, for example gout or diabetes

A seed that contains a lot of oil used to make cooking oil and other oils

3.6

Containing a lot of the mineral zinc

How Abundant

teeming
1 4.7
copious
19 6.8
rich
303 1.0
plentiful
48 2.5
abundant
77 3.0

Surface Forms

rich positive
richer comparative
richest superlative

Etymology

Rich comes from an old English word rīce meaning 'full' or 'plenty'. Because that root suggested a large supply, rich now describes places or things that are 'abundant' or full of something.