Click here to hear one of our visitors pronounce this word. 6 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Rich \Rich\, (r[i^]ch), adjective [Compar. {Richer}; superl. {Richest}.] [OE. riche, AS. r[=i]ce rich, powerful; akin to OS. r[=i]ki, D. rijk, G. reich, OHG. r[=i]hhi, Icel. r[=i]kr, Sw. rik, Dan. rig, Goth. reiks; from a word meaning, ruler, king, probably borrowed from Celtic, and akin to L. rex, regis, king, regere to guide, rule. [root]283. See {Right}, and cf. {Derrick}, {Enrich}, {Rajah}, {Riches}, {Royal}.] 1. 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}. ''Rich merchants.'' --Chaucer. The rich [person] hath many friends. --Prov. xiv. 20. As a thief, bent to unhoard the cash Of some rich burgher. --Milton. 2. Hence, in general, well supplied; abounding; abundant; copious; bountiful; as, a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop. If life be short, it shall be glorious; Each minute shall be rich in some great action. --Rowe. The gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold. --Milton. 3. Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful; as, rich soil or land; a rich mine. 4. 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. Like to rich and various gems. --Milton. 5. 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. Sauces and rich spices are fetched from India. --Baker. 6. Not faint or delicate; vivid; as, a rich color. 7. Full of sweet and harmonius sounds; as, a rich voice; rich music. 8. Abounding in beauty; gorgeous; as, a rich landscape; rich scenery. 9. Abounding in humor; exciting amusement; entertaining; as, the scene was a rich one; a rich incident or character. [Colloq.] --Thackeray. Note: Rich is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rich-fleeced, rich-jeweled, rich-laden, rich-stained. Syn: Wealthy; affluent; opulent; ample; copious; abundant; plentiful; fruitful; costly; sumptuous; precious; generous; luscious. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Rich \Rich\, verb (used with an object) To enrich. [Obs.] --Gower. From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: rich adjective 1: possessing material wealth; "her father is extremely rich"; "many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles" [ant: {poor}] 2: 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" [ant: {poor}] 3: of great worth or quality; "a rich collection of antiques" 4: marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" [syn: {fat}, {fertile}, {productive}] 5: strong; intense; "deep purple"; "a rich red" [syn: {deep}] 6: very productive; "rich seams of coal" 7: high in mineral content; having a a high proportion of fuel to air; "a rich vein of copper", "a rich gas mixture" [ant: {lean}] 8: suggestive of or characterized by great expense; "a rich display" [ant: {poor}] 9: marked by richness and fullness of flavor; "a rich ruby port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee" [syn: {full-bodied}, {robust}] 10: highly seasoned or containing large amounts of choice ingredients such as butter or sugar or eggs; "kept gorging on rich foods"; "rich pastries"; "rich eggnogg" 11: pleasantly full and mellow; "a rich tenor voice" 12: affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply" [syn: {ample}, {copious}, {plenteous}, {plentiful}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 328 Moby Thesaurus words for "rich": abounding, abounding in riches, absurd, abundant, achingly sweet, adipose, affluent, agreeable, agreeable-sounding, all-sufficing, ambrosial, ample, amusing, aplenty, appealing, arabesque, ariose, arioso, aromatic, baroque, beyond price, big-rich, bizarre, blooming, blubbery, bottomless, bounteous, bountiful, bright, bright-hued, brilliant, burning, bursting, bursting out, busy, buttery, butyraceous, canorous, cantabile, catchy, chichi, chrismal, chrismatory, cloying, colorful, colory, comfortable, comical, copious, costly, creamy, creative, dark, dear, dear-bought, deep, deep-colored, delicious, diffuse, disgustingly rich, droll, dulcet, easy, eccentric, effuse, elaborate, elegant, epidemic, euphonic, euphonious, euphonous, exciting, exhaustless, exotic, expensive, exquisite, extravagant, exuberant, fancy, fat, fattening, fatty, fecund, fertile, fine, fine-toned, flamboyant, flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavory, florid, flourishing, flowery, flush, fragrant, frightfully rich, frilly, fructiferous, fruitful, fruity, full, full-bodied, full-flavored, funny, fussy, galore, gay, gay-colored, generous, golden, golden-tongued, golden-voiced, good as gold, gorgeous, greasy, heavy, high, high-colored, high-priced, high-wrought, hilarious, honeyed, humorous, in clover, in funds, in plenty, in quantity, in the money, incongruous, independent, independently rich, independently wealthy, inestimable, inexhaustible, intense, interesting, invaluable, inviting, juicy, labored, lardaceous, lardy, laughable, lavish, liberal, lively, loaded, ludicrous, luscious, lush, lustrous, luxuriant, luxurious, made of money, many, mawkish, maximal, melic, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellisonant, mellow, melodic, melodious, moneyed, moresque, mouth-watering, much, mucoid, music-flowing, music-like, musical, nonsensical, not affordable, numerous, nutty, of great cost, of great price, oily, oleaginous, oleic, on Easy Street, on velvet, oofy, opulent, ornate, ostentatious, outlandish, overelaborate, overelegant, overflowing, overlabored, oversweet, overworked, overwrought, palatial, picturesque, piquant, plangent, pleasant, pleasant-sounding, plenitudinous, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, plutocracy, potent, precious, pregnant, premium, preposterous, pretty-pretty, prevailing, prevalent, priceless, pricey, prodigal, productive, profitable, profuse, profusive, proliferous, prolific, prosperous, provided for, provocative, provoking, pulsing, pungent, quaint, quizzical, racy, rampant, readable, redolent, replete, resonant, resonating, rich as Croesus, rich-colored, rich-flavored, ridiculous, rife, riotous, risible, rococo, rolling, rolling in money, running over, saccharine, sapid, savory, screaming, sebaceous, seminal, sickly-sweet, significant, silver-toned, silver-tongued, silver-voiced, silvery, singable, sleek, slick, slippery, smooth, soapy, songful, songlike, sonorous, spicy, splendid, steep, stiff, stimulating, strong, succulent, suety, sumptuous, superabundant, superb, swarming, sweet, sweet-flowing, sweet-sounding, tallowy, tantalizing, teeming, the haves, the rich, the wealthy, thought-challenging, thought-inspiring, thought-provoking, thriving, throbbing, tickling, titillating, top, tunable, tuneful, uberous, unctuous, unguent, unguentary, unguentous, unpayable, valuable, vibrant, vibrating, vivid, wallowing in wealth, warm, wealthy, well provided for, well-fixed, well-found, well-furnished, well-heeled, well-off, well-provided, well-stocked, well-to-do, whimsical, wholesale, witty, worthy From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: RICH, adjective Holding in trust and subject to an accounting the property of the indolent, the incompetent, the unthrifty, the envious and the luckless. That is the view that prevails in the underworld, where the Brotherhood of Man finds its most logical development and candid advocacy. To denizens of the midworld the word means good and wise. From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]: Rich -- U.S. County in Utah Population (2000): 1961 Housing Units (2000): 2408 Land area (2000): 1028.534533 sq. miles (2663.892098 sq. km) Water area (2000): 57.759876 sq. miles (149.597387 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1086.294409 sq. miles (2813.489485 sq. km) Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49 Location: 41.667569 N, 111.269717 W Headwords: Rich Rich, UT Rich County Rich County, UT

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