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Antonyms for rich
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  1. richadjective

    Antonyms:
    lean

  2. richadjective

    Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.

    Antonyms:
    lean, poor, needy

    Synonyms:
    well off, wealthy

  3. richadjective

    Antonyms:
    lean, needy, poor

  4. richadjective

    Antonyms:
    poor, needy, lean

  5. richadjective

    Antonyms:
    lean, needy, poor

  6. richadjective

    Antonyms:
    lean, poor, needy

  7. richadjective

    Antonyms:
    needy, poor, lean

  8. richadjective

    Antonyms:
    lean, poor, needy

  9. richadjective

    Antonyms:
    plain, unformatted, vanilla

English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. rich

    Enough is relative, denoting a supply equal to a given demand. A temperature of 70° Fahrenheit is enough for a living-room; of 212° enough to boil water; neither is enough to melt iron. Sufficient, from the Latin, is an equivalent of the Saxon enough, with no perceptible difference of meaning, but only of usage, enough being the more blunt, homely, and forcible word, while sufficient is in many cases the more elegant or polite. Sufficient usually precedes its noun; enough usually and preferably follows. That is ample which gives a safe, but not a large, margin beyond a given demand; that is abundant, affluent, bountiful, liberal, plentiful, which is largely in excess of manifest need. Plentiful is used of supplies, as of food, water, etc.; as, "a plentiful rain," Ps. lxviii, 9. We may also say a copious rain; but copious can be applied to thought, language, etc., where plentiful can not well be used. Affluent and liberal both apply to riches, resources; liberal, with especial reference to giving or expending. (Compare synonyms for ADEQUATE.) Affluent, referring especially to riches, may be used of thought, feeling, etc. Neither affluent, copious, nor plentiful can be used of time or space; a field is sometimes called plentiful, not with reference to its extent, but to its productiveness. Complete expresses not excess or overplus, and yet not mere sufficiency, but harmony, proportion, fitness to a design, or ideal. Ample and abundant may be applied to any subject. We have time enough, means that we can reach our destination without haste, but also without delay; if we have ample time, we may move leisurely, and note what is by the way; if we have abundant time, we may pause to converse with a friend, to view the scenery, or to rest when weary. Lavish and profuse imply a decided excess, oftenest in the ill sense. We rejoice in abundant resources, and honor generous hospitality; lavish or profuse expenditure suggests extravagance and wastefulness. Luxuriant is used especially of that which is abundant in growth; as, a luxuriant crop.

    Antonyms:
    deficient, drained, exhausted, impoverished, inadequate, insufficient, mean, miserly, narrow, niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, scrimped, short, small, sparing, stingy, straitened

    Synonyms:
    abounding, abundant, adequate, affluent, ample, bounteous, bountiful, complete, copious, enough, exuberant, full, generous, large, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, overflowing, plenteous, plentiful, profuse, replete, sufficient, teeming

    Preposition:
    Plentiful in resources.

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 2 votes

  1. rich people, richadjective

    people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group)

    "only the very rich benefit from this legislation"

    Antonyms:
    poor, poor people, tasteless, beggarly, destitute, hard up, moneyless, stony-broke, scarce, necessitous, broke, colourless, colorless, thin, wholesome, skint, mean, needy, resourceless, pinched, penurious, impoverished, penniless, unprovided for(p), unfruitful, poverty-stricken, unproductive, indigent, slummy, in straitened circumstances(p), impecunious, worthless, stone-broke, lean, bust

    Synonyms:
    rich people

  2. richadjective

    possessing material wealth

    "her father is extremely rich"; "many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles"

    Antonyms:
    poor people, poor, unfruitful, slummy, moneyless, broke, unprovided for(p), bust, stone-broke, resourceless, beggarly, mean, scarce, worthless, needy, hard up, lean, thin, tasteless, stony-broke, indigent, in straitened circumstances(p), colorless, penniless, poverty-stricken, destitute, colourless, skint, impoverished, impecunious, unproductive, necessitous, wholesome, penurious, pinched

    Synonyms:
    robust, racy, plentiful, deep, fat, productive, fertile, copious, full-bodied, plenteous, ample

  3. richadjective

    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"

    Antonyms:
    poor people, poor, poverty-stricken, in straitened circumstances(p), destitute, colourless, indigent, unfruitful, necessitous, tasteless, unprovided for(p), needy, thin, worthless, mean, stone-broke, scarce, wholesome, moneyless, stony-broke, bust, unproductive, penniless, hard up, skint, resourceless, pinched, impoverished, impecunious, lean, penurious, beggarly, slummy, colorless, broke

    Synonyms:
    robust, racy, plentiful, deep, fat, productive, fertile, copious, full-bodied, plenteous, ample

  4. richadjective

    of great worth or quality

    "a rich collection of antiques"

    Antonyms:
    poor, poor people, necessitous, penurious, beggarly, unproductive, moneyless, lean, slummy, thin, unprovided for(p), needy, resourceless, hard up, impoverished, wholesome, unfruitful, in straitened circumstances(p), colourless, worthless, mean, bust, skint, stone-broke, colorless, scarce, indigent, poverty-stricken, stony-broke, pinched, broke, impecunious, penniless, tasteless, destitute

    Synonyms:
    robust, racy, plentiful, deep, fat, productive, fertile, copious, full-bodied, plenteous, ample

  5. fat, fertile, productive, richadjective

    marked by great fruitfulness

    "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"

    Antonyms:
    poor people, poor, thin, impecunious, tasteless, wholesome, broke, stony-broke, colourless, lean, poverty-stricken, needy, penniless, bust, resourceless, stone-broke, impoverished, hard up, slummy, necessitous, unprovided for(p), skint, worthless, mean, moneyless, destitute, in straitened circumstances(p), scarce, unfruitful, unproductive, pinched, indigent, penurious, beggarly, colorless

    Synonyms:
    fat, fecund, fatty, generative, robust, full-bodied, juicy, copious, fertile, deep, plentiful, racy, productive, ample, prolific, plenteous

  6. deep, richadjective

    strong; intense

    "deep purple"; "a rich red"

    Antonyms:
    poor people, poor, indigent, mean, colourless, worthless, beggarly, colorless, penniless, skint, broke, resourceless, impecunious, tasteless, lean, stony-broke, moneyless, stone-broke, penurious, poverty-stricken, in straitened circumstances(p), unprovided for(p), necessitous, destitute, wholesome, bust, pinched, unproductive, thin, needy, impoverished, slummy, hard up, scarce, unfruitful

    Synonyms:
    bass, mystifying, fat, robust, recondite, full-bodied, cryptical, copious, deep, cryptic, racy, inscrutable, abstruse, productive, ample, fertile, mysterious, plentiful, thick, plenteous

  7. richadjective

    very productive

    "rich seams of coal"

    Antonyms:
    poor, poor people, unprovided for(p), broke, needy, lean, beggarly, mean, colourless, pinched, moneyless, poverty-stricken, impecunious, thin, slummy, stone-broke, wholesome, penniless, hard up, indigent, necessitous, stony-broke, penurious, tasteless, unproductive, destitute, colorless, bust, worthless, unfruitful, resourceless, impoverished, scarce, skint, in straitened circumstances(p)

    Synonyms:
    robust, racy, plentiful, deep, fat, productive, fertile, copious, full-bodied, plenteous, ample

  8. richadjective

    high in mineral content; having a high proportion of fuel to air

    "a rich vein of copper", "a rich gas mixture"

    Antonyms:
    poor people, poor, scarce, necessitous, unfruitful, hard up, skint, broke, colorless, lean, stone-broke, stony-broke, worthless, beggarly, unprovided for(p), unproductive, in straitened circumstances(p), tasteless, resourceless, pinched, impecunious, needy, bust, thin, indigent, penniless, colourless, moneyless, wholesome, poverty-stricken, destitute, mean, penurious, impoverished, slummy

    Synonyms:
    robust, racy, plentiful, deep, fat, productive, fertile, copious, full-bodied, plenteous, ample

  9. richadjective

    suggestive of or characterized by great expense

    "a rich display"

    Antonyms:
    poor, poor people, wholesome, skint, penurious, unproductive, necessitous, beggarly, pinched, impecunious, colourless, moneyless, colorless, indigent, unprovided for(p), stone-broke, poverty-stricken, resourceless, stony-broke, thin, in straitened circumstances(p), broke, lean, penniless, needy, tasteless, hard up, mean, destitute, worthless, slummy, unfruitful, bust, scarce, impoverished

    Synonyms:
    robust, racy, plentiful, deep, fat, productive, fertile, copious, full-bodied, plenteous, ample

  10. richadjective

    containing plenty of fat, or eggs, or sugar

    "rich desserts"; "they kept gorging on rich foods"

    Antonyms:
    poor, poor people, impecunious, hard up, penniless, colourless, wholesome, skint, mean, stony-broke, impoverished, bust, pinched, moneyless, unprovided for(p), colorless, poverty-stricken, worthless, needy, indigent, tasteless, necessitous, destitute, scarce, penurious, slummy, lean, beggarly, thin, resourceless, stone-broke, unfruitful, broke, unproductive, in straitened circumstances(p)

    Synonyms:
    robust, racy, plentiful, deep, fat, productive, fertile, copious, full-bodied, plenteous, ample

  11. full-bodied, racy, rich, robustadjective

    marked by richness and fullness of flavor

    "a rich ruby port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee"

    Antonyms:
    poor, poor people, moneyless, impecunious, resourceless, needy, in straitened circumstances(p), colourless, beggarly, mean, pinched, stony-broke, broke, thin, tasteless, destitute, unprovided for(p), stone-broke, penniless, bust, slummy, impoverished, scarce, necessitous, penurious, indigent, skint, lean, poverty-stricken, colorless, unproductive, wholesome, unfruitful, hard up, worthless

    Synonyms:
    fat, robust, full-bodied, lively, gamy, juicy, copious, fertile, blue, deep, plentiful, racy, risque, naughty, gamey, productive, ample, spicy, plenteous

  12. richadjective

    pleasantly full and mellow

    "a rich tenor voice"

    Antonyms:
    poor people, poor, mean, resourceless, thin, necessitous, tasteless, impoverished, scarce, needy, wholesome, in straitened circumstances(p), penniless, broke, penurious, slummy, skint, indigent, poverty-stricken, worthless, impecunious, colorless, unprovided for(p), lean, pinched, colourless, bust, stony-broke, destitute, unproductive, unfruitful, stone-broke, moneyless, beggarly, hard up

    Synonyms:
    robust, racy, plentiful, deep, fat, productive, fertile, copious, full-bodied, plenteous, ample

  13. ample, copious, plenteous, plentiful, richadjective

    affording an abundant supply

    "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply"

    Antonyms:
    poor, poor people, beggarly, hard up, penniless, tasteless, colorless, lean, indigent, resourceless, worthless, slummy, skint, scarce, wholesome, poverty-stricken, broke, in straitened circumstances(p), stony-broke, bust, moneyless, colourless, penurious, destitute, unfruitful, impecunious, unprovided for(p), mean, unproductive, thin, necessitous, impoverished, needy, stone-broke, pinched

    Synonyms:
    plentiful, racy, deep, full-bodied, robust, fat, bountiful, fertile, copious, productive, plenteous, sizeable, ample, voluminous, sizable

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. RICH

    Synonyms:
    Rapidly-involuting congenital haemangioma

Editors Contribution2.0 / 1 vote

  1. low-income

    Submitted by anonymous on November 18, 2019  
  2. poverty

    Submitted by anonymous on September 1, 2020  

How to use rich in a sentence?

  1. Tony Allen:

    These songs and artists reflect the relentless spirit and rich diversity of America. They are the score to a new chapter and will help bring people together as the Biden-Harris Administration begins its important work to unite our country.

  2. Famous Proverb:

    He that is afraid of the devil does not grow rich.

  3. Bruce Bagley:

    Of all of the symbols involved in the kingpin strategy( of targeting high-profile crime leaders in order to weaken their organization), El Chapo was by far the most important because El Chapo grew like a rocket, because El Chapo became so rich and so powerful.

  4. Lady Marguerite Blessington:

    The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes.

  5. Elbert Hubbard:

    Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.

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#226840niggardly
#268536impecunious
#313943penurious

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