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." "The rich (person) hath many friends." "As a thief, bent to unhoard the cash Of some rich burgher."
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." "The gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold."
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."
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."
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.) Note: Rich is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rich-fleeced, rich-jeweled, rich-laden, rich-stained.
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