riches

Definition of riches

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(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 dreame againe.”

See all 4 definitions

noun

(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 dreame againe.”
(figuratively, plural, plural-only)An abundance of anything desirable.

“You will enjoy the riches of this forest.”
(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.””
“In Antiquity has also existed social conflicts between the poor men and the riches.”
“[…] South America used to be a heaven for the riches and the hell for the poors and it's true.”
“They live in the forest, steal from the riches and help the poors.”

name

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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”),…

See full etymology

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.

Anagrams of riches

3 plays · some not in Scrabble

Words you can make from riches

56 playable · top: CHIS (9 pts)

Best play chis 9 points

5-letter words

7 words

4-letter words

18 words

3-letter words

21 words

2-letter words

9 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

A single letter you can add to riches to make another valid word.

Back

RICHEST 12 pts