reich

1. 1.

   the German state

   Broaderstate

   NarrowerHohenzollern empireThird Reich
2. 2.

   Austrian born psychoanalyst who lived in the United States; advocated sexual freedom and believed that cosmic energy could be concentrated in a human being (1897-1957)

   SynonymsWilhelm Reich

   Broaderanalyst
3. 3.

   United States composer (born in 1936)

   SynonymsSteve ReichStephen Michael Reich

   Broadercomposer

Other forms of reich

plural

reiches·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about reich

What does reich mean?

reich means "the German state". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in reich?

reich has 1 syllable: reich. In IPA it is /ˈɹaɪk/.

What is another word for reich?

Close synonyms include Wilhelm Reich, Steve Reich, Stephen Michael Reich. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reich a common word?

reich is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.