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Rich

adjective

(compar. richer; superl. richest)

1.

Possessing material wealth. "Many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles"

2.

Having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or substances (especially natural resources). "Rich in ideas" , "Rich with cultural interest"

3.

Of great worth or quality.

4.

Marked by great fruitfulness. Synonyms: fat, fertile, productive. "A fat land" , "A productive vineyard" , "Rich soil"

5.

Strong; intense. Synonym: deep. "A rich red"

6.

Very productive.

7.

High in mineral content; having a high proportion of fuel to air. "A rich gas mixture"

8.

Suggestive of or characterized by great expense.

9.

Containing plenty of fat, or eggs, or sugar. "They kept gorging on rich foods"

10.

Marked by richness and fullness of flavor. Synonyms: full-bodied, racy, robust. "Full-bodied wines" , "A robust claret" , "The robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee"

11.

Pleasantly full and mellow.

12.

Affording an abundant supply. Synonyms: ample, copious, plenteous, plentiful. "Copious provisions" , "Food is plentiful" , "A plenteous grape harvest" , "A rich supply"

noun

1.

People who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group). Synonym: rich people.

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"Rich" Quotes from Famous Books

... no idea that colours could make such a difference in one till she saw me in that costume. She has been looking over the silk quilt pieces your mother sent Marietta, and she recognized two pieces that are parts of dresses your grandmother used to wear. One is a deep rich red,—a regular garnet colour, and the other is sapphire blue. She said that if they had belonged to any one else but Amanthis Lloyd she couldn't do it,—but instead of cutting them up into quilt pieces she—she is going to make them into ...

— The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation • Annie Fellows Johnston

... take or leave," she said,—and the bargain was concluded. After the men had departed she skipped for joy, like the hills of King David, and performed all manner of follies, not having thought herself so rich. ...

— A Daughter of Eve • Honore de Balzac

... can neither read nor write. They are simply peasants. Yet they are trusted to carry the most important letters and great sums of money in gold and silver from place to place. And never do they betray their trust. It is unknown. Why, senor, I know myself of cases where rich men have entrusted their daughters to the care of the messengers, sure that in this way their daughters will arrive safely ...

— The Summons • A.E.W. Mason

... were a class of people at this time employed by all sides as spies or messengers, continually stole in with secret despatches to the Landgrave, or (under the color of bringing public news, and the reports of military movements) to execute some private mission for rich employers in town; sometimes making even this clandestine business but a cover to other purposes, too nearly connected with treason, or reputed treason, to admit of any but ...

— Memorials and Other Papers • Thomas de Quincey

... on their value. It was not only the quantity but also that which caused the issue of the quantity. It is, of course, clear that the value of a paper money like the greenbacks, which were the promises to pay of a rich country, would bear a definite relation to the actual quantity issued; and this is to be seen by the generally higher level of the line on the chart, showing a steadily diminishing purchasing power as the issues increased. But the thing which weighed largely in people's minds was the possibility ...

— Principles Of Political Economy • John Stuart Mill

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