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richness

DEFINITIONS OF: richness

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n abundant wealth

“they studied forerunners of richness or poverty”
“the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty”
Synonyms:
affluence
Types:
comfort, ease
a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state
lap of luxury
in conditions of wealth and comfort
Type of:
wealth, wealthiness
the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money

n 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”
Type of:
value
the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable

n the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth

“he praised the richness of the soil”
Synonyms:
fertility, prolificacy, rankness
Type of:
fecundity, fruitfulness
the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth

n the property of being extremely abundant

“the idiomatic richness of English”
Synonyms:
cornucopia, profuseness, profusion
Types:
overgrowth
a profusion of growth on or over something else
greenness, verdancy, verdure
the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation
wilderness
a bewildering profusion
Type of:
abundance, copiousness, teemingness
the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply

n the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing

“he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance”
Synonyms:
fullness, mellowness
Type of:
property
a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class

n splendid or imposing in size or appearance

“impressed by the richness of the flora”
Synonyms:
grandness, impressiveness, magnificence
Types:
expansiveness, expansivity
a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand
loftiness, majesty, stateliness
impressiveness in scale or proportion
Type of:
excellence
the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree

n a strong deep vividness of hue

“the fire-light gave a richness of coloring to that side of the room”
Type of:
shade, tincture, tint, tone
a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
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