- richness
- noun1. the property of being extremely abundant (Freq. 3)-
the profusion of detail
-the idiomatic richness of English
• Syn: ↑profusion, ↑profuseness, ↑cornucopia• Derivationally related forms: ↑rich, ↑profuse (for: ↑profuseness)• Hypernyms: ↑abundance, ↑copiousness, ↑teemingness• Hyponyms: ↑overgrowth, ↑greenness, ↑verdancy, ↑verdure, ↑wilderness2. abundant wealth (Freq. 1)-they studied forerunners of richness or poverty
-the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty
• Syn: ↑affluence• Hypernyms: ↑wealth, ↑wealthiness3. the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing (Freq. 1)-the music had a fullness that echoed through the hall
-the cheap wine had no body, no mellowness
-he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance
• Syn: ↑fullness, ↑mellowness• Hypernyms: ↑property4. the quality of having high intrinsic value-the richness of the mines and pastureland
-the cut of her clothes and the richness of the fabric were distinctive
• Derivationally related forms: ↑rich• Hypernyms: ↑value5. the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth-he praised the richness of the soil
-weeds lovely in their rankness
• Syn: ↑rankness, ↑prolificacy, ↑fertility• Hypernyms: ↑fruitfulness, ↑fecundity6. splendid or imposing in size or appearance-the grandness of the architecture
-impressed by the richness of the flora
• Syn: ↑impressiveness, ↑grandness, ↑magnificence• Derivationally related forms: ↑rich, ↑magnificent (for: ↑magnificence), ↑grand (for: ↑grandness), ↑impressive (for: ↑impressiveness)• Hypernyms: ↑excellence• Hyponyms: ↑expansiveness, ↑expansivity, ↑stateliness, ↑majesty, ↑loftiness7. a strong deep vividness of hue-the fire-light gave a richness of coloring to that side of the room
• Derivationally related forms: ↑rich
Useful english dictionary. 2012.