Meaning
Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
From Middle English riche (“strong, powerful, rich”), from Old English rīċe (“powerful, mighty, great, high-ranking, rich, wealthy, strong, potent”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīkī (“powerful, rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“kingly, powerful, rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīks (“king, ruler”), an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs. Reinforced by Old French riche, from the same West Germanic source. Cognate with Dutch rijk, German reich, Danish rig, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish rik, Faroese and Icelandic ríkur, Portuguese and Spanish rico, French riche, Italian ricco.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 13 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-03-13IARCHOT
- 2026-02-23HACGIPR
- 2025-08-31CUHRIMO
- 2025-07-06IARHCMT
- 2025-04-05HAODCIR
- 2024-11-02CAGHIPR
- 2024-07-29CAGHINR
- 2024-07-20HACIORT
- 2024-02-10IARHCLV
- 2024-01-10IYCTMHR
- 2023-08-24RATMIHC
- 2023-05-20HUATRCI
+1 earlier appearances in the archive.