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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (7)

1. the property of being extremely abundant;
- Example: "the profusion of detail"
- Example: "the idiomatic richness of English"
[syn: profusion, profuseness, richness, cornucopia]

2. abundant wealth;
- Example: "they studied forerunners of richness or poverty"
- Example: "the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty"
[syn: affluence, richness]

3. the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing;
- Example: "the music had a fullness that echoed through the hall"
- Example: "the cheap wine had no body, no mellowness"
- Example: "he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance"
[syn: fullness, mellowness, richness]

4. the quality of having high intrinsic value;
- Example: "the richness of the mines and pastureland"
- Example: "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;
- Example: "he praised the richness of the soil"
- Example: "weeds lovely in their rankness"
[syn: richness, rankness, prolificacy, fertility]

6. a strong deep vividness of hue;
- Example: "the fire-light gave a richness of coloring to that side of the room"

7. splendid or imposing in size or appearance;
- Example: "the grandness of the architecture"
- Example: "impressed by the richness of the flora"
[syn: impressiveness, grandness, magnificence, richness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Richness \Rich"ness\, n. The quality or state of being rich (in any sense of the adjective). [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

richness n 1: the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English" [syn: profusion, profuseness, richness, 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, richness] 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, richness] 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: richness, 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, richness]