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riches

Syllables: rich·es/ɹɪt͡ʃɪz/

riches noun: money, goods, wealth, treasure.

Noun (1)

riches pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Money, goods, wealth, treasure.
    • Cal.[…]Sometimes a thouſand twangling Inſtruments
      Will hum about mine eares ; and ſometime voices,
      That if I then had wak'd after long ſleepe,
      Will make me ſleepe againe, and then in dreaming,
      The clouds methought would open, and ſhew riches
      Ready to drop vpon me, that when I wak'd
      I cri'de to...1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
  2. (figuratively, plural, plural-only) An abundance of anything desirable.
    • You will enjoy the riches of this forest.

Noun (2)

riches pl (plural only)

  1. (nonstandard, plural, plural-only, rare) Rich people.
    • Mr. Chander Lall Mookerji wrote to me thus: “The youngs and the olds, the highs and the lows, the riches and the poors, all join together in praising Your Honour’s magnanimity.”1929 March, A. C. Amy, “‘Well, when I was at the War—⁠—’”, in William H[eaton] Horrocks, C. J. Coppinger, editors, Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, volume LII, number 3, London: John Bale...
    • In Antiquity has also existed social conflicts between the poor men and the riches.2012, Constantin Portelli, “The Italian Fascism”, in The Big Transition, Pittsburgh, Pa.: RoseDog Books, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    wealthies
    Antonyms:
    poors

Proper noun capitalized: Riches

Riches

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

riches meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

riches in Hindi

riches, wealth
मघ magh
riches, money, wealth
गठरी gaṭhrī

riches in Tamil

பன்மைச் சொல்லாகும், உடைமை மிகுதி, செல்வ வளம், சொத்து

riches in Marathi

riches, wealth; affluence
श्रीमंती śrīmantī

riches in Urdu

دولت, غنا, مال, ثروت, زر
More languagesFewer languages
riches in Bengali
জর zôr
riches in Telugu
కలిమి kalimi, సారము sāramu, విభవము vibhavamu
riches in Malayalam
ആസ്തി, സമ്പത്ത്, പണം
riches in Kannada
ಸೊಮ್ಮು, ಒಡಮೆ, ಕೂಡುದಲೆ, ಸಿರಿ
riches in Odia
ଦୌଲତ daulata, ସମୃଦ୍ଧି samruddhi, ଐଶ୍ୱର୍ଯ୍ୟ aiśwarjya
riches in Sanskrit
धन्य dhánya

Examples of riches in a sentence

  • […] South America used to be a heaven for the riches and the hell for the poors and it's true.2015, Jings Chen, chapter 18, in South Texas Never Raided, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN:
  • They live in the forest, steal from the riches and help the poors.2020, Derya Öztürk, chapter 9, in Robin Hood (Stage-1), İstanbul: Maviçatı Yayınları, →ISBN:
  • The riches have money not happiness / The poors are happy but penniless2021, Manya Srivastava, “Don't Judge a Book by It's^([sic]) Cover”, in Alfesha Zeeshan, Saher Beig, compilers, Musing, Rourkela, Odisha...

All 28 example sentences with riches

Synonyms of riches

Antonyms

Origin of riches

From Middle English riches, plural of riche (“power, wealth”), from Old English rīċe (“power, authority, dominion”). Confused with Middle English richesse (“wealth”), from Old French richesse, from riche (“rich, wealthy”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *rīki (“rich”) from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“rich, powerful”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct, make right”). Akin to Old High German rīhhi (“rich”) (German reich (“rich”)), Old English rīċe (“rich”), Old English racu (“explanation, reasoning”). More at rich.

From rich + -es (plural suffix) by analogy with poors (“poor people”).

From Rich, a diminutive of Richard + the patronymic suffix -s.

Words formed from riches

Phrases with riches

Words that rhyme with riches

Questions about riches

What does riches mean?
Riches means money, goods, wealth, treasure.
What is riches in Hindi?
Riches in Hindi is मघ (magh), गठरी (gaṭhrī). See Riches meaning in Hindi.
How do you use riches in a sentence?
[…] South America used to be a heaven for the riches and the hell for the poors and it's true.
What part of speech is riches?
Riches can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce riches?
Riches is pronounced /ɹɪt͡ʃɪz/.

Words near riches in the dictionary

  1. Richerson
  2. Richersons
  3. Richert
  4. Richerts
  5. richery
  6. riches
  7. riches to rags
  8. riches-to-rags
  9. Richeson
  10. Richesons
  11. richesse

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: riches (page history and authors); Riches (page history and authors); गठरी (Hindi) (page history and authors); riches (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); श्रीमंती (Marathi) (page history and authors); riches (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కలిమి (Telugu) (page history and authors); riches (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); riches (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଐଶ୍ୱର୍ଯ୍ୟ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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