richness meaning and definition

RICHNESS noun

Definition of richness (noun)

1. the property of being extremely abundant
   • "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English"
   • synonyms: cornucopia, profuseness, profusion
2. abundant wealth
   • "they studied forerunners of richness or poverty"; "the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty"
   • synonyms: affluence
3. 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"
   • synonyms: fullness, mellowness
4. 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. the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
   • "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness"
   • synonyms: fertility, prolificacy, rankness
6. a strong deep vividness of hue
   • "the fire-light gave a richness of coloring to that side of the room"
7. splendid or imposing in size or appearance
   • "the grandness of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the flora"
   • synonyms: grandness, impressiveness, magnificence