rich, wealthy, affluent, opulent mean having goods, property, and money in abundance. rich implies having more than enough to gratify normal needs or desires.
RICH definition: 1. having a lot of money or valuable possessions: 2. containing a large amount of a valuable…. Learn more.
RICH definition: having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy. See examples of rich used in a sentence.
Adjective rich (comparative richer or more rich, superlative richest or most rich) Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
Synonyms: rich, affluent, moneyed, wealthy These adjectives mean having an abundant supply of money, property, or possessions of value: a rich executive; an affluent banker; moneyed heirs; wealthy corporations.
If something is rich in a useful or valuable substance or is a rich source of it, it contains a lot of it.
Definition of rich adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. having a lot of money or property. She's one of the richest women in the world. Nobody gets rich from writing nowadays. She longed to be rich and famous. He was born in a rich and powerful family.
(informal + often disapproving) She is filthy rich. = She is stinking rich. [=she is extremely rich; she has so much money that her wealth is disgusting or offensive]
Now it tends to be an adjective meaning "abundant." That might be abundant money, as in your rich cousin Henry. A rich sauce is buttery and creamy and delicious. Rich land is fertile and abundant in crops. A rich idea has many possible applications. Rich coffee is full, dark and intense.