(n) the quality of having high intrinsic value, Example:the richness of the mines and pastureland; the cut of her clothes and the richness of the fabric were distinctive
(n) the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth, Syn. rankness, fertility, prolificacy, Example:he praised the richness of the soil; weeds lovely in their rankness
(n) abundant wealth, Syn. richness, Example:they studied forerunners of richness or poverty; the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty
(n) the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing, Syn. mellowness, richness, Example: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
(n) splendid or imposing in size or appearance, Syn. magnificence, richness, grandness, Example:the grandness of the architecture; impressed by the richness of the flora
(n) the property of being extremely abundant, Syn. profuseness, cornucopia, richness, Example:the profusion of detail; the idiomatic richness of English
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)