richness (n.)

  1. the property of being extremely abundant; the profusion of detail; the idiomatic richness of English

    [ Syn: profusion , profuseness , cornucopia ]

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

    [ Syn: 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

    [ Syn: 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

    [ Syn: rankness , prolificacy , fertility ]

  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

    [ Syn: impressiveness , grandness , magnificence ]

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