Definitions for richness

Overview of noun richness

The noun richness has 7 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (3) profusion, profuseness, richness, cornucopia

(the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English")

2. (1) affluence, richness

(abundant wealth; "they studied forerunners of richness or poverty"; "the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty")

3. (1) fullness, mellowness, richness

(the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing; "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")

4. richness

(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")

5. richness, rankness, prolificacy, fertility

(the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness")

6. richness

(a strong deep vividness of hue; "the fire-light gave a richness of coloring to that side of the room")

7. impressiveness, grandness, magnificence, richness

(splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the flora")