Antonyms for riches
ˈrɪtʃ ɪzrich·es

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.3 / 4 votes

1. riches

   Antonyms:
   economy, frugality, miserliness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, providence, prudence, saving, scrimping, sparing, thrift

   Synonyms:
   abundance, affluence, bounty, extravagance, liberality, luxury, opulence, waste, wealth

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. riches

   Antonyms:
   poverty, pauperism, impecuniosity, neediness, indigence, destitution, necessity, lack, privation, beggary, insolvency

   Synonyms:
   wealth, opulence, affluence, wealthiness, richness, plenty, abundance, treasure, possessions

Matched Categories

1. • Material Resource

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. wealth, richesnoun

   an abundance of material possessions and resources

   Synonyms:
   wealth, wealthiness

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1. richesnoun

   Synonyms:
   wealth

How to use riches in a sentence?

1. J. Brotherton:

   My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants.

2. Euripides, Electra, 413 B.C.:

   I care for riches, to make giftsTo friends, or lead a sick man back to healthWith ease and plenty. Else small aid is wealthFor daily gladness; once a man be doneWith hunger, rich and poor are all as one.

3. Henry Fielding:

   Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

4. Jeremy Taylor:

   He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine.

5. The Hitopadesa:

   Amongst all possessions knowledge appears pre-eminent. The wise call it supreme riches, because it can never be lost, has no price, and can at no time be destroyed.

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