richesnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈrɪtʃ.ɪz/us/ˈrɪtʃ.ɪz/C2 a large amount of money or valuable possessions:
She donated a sizeable portion of her riches to children's charities.
a large quantity of a valuable natural substance:
The country has great oil/mineral riches.
They plundered the rainforest for its natural riches.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Large amounts of money
- a king's ransom idiom
- a small fortune idiom
- arm
- big bucks
- bomb
- bundle
- cost, charge, etc. the earth idiom
- earth
- fortune
- king
- megabucks
- not to be sneezed at idiom
- pile
- pot
- small
- sneeze
- tidy
- treasure
- treasure trove
- wealth
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