Definition of richness Richness

/ɹɪˈʧnʌs/ - [richnus] - rich•ness

We found 14 definitions of richness from 5 different sources.

What does richness mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: richnesses
richness - the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness"
		rankness, prolificacy, fertility
		fruitfulness, fecundity the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
richness - 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"
		value relative darkness or lightness of a color; "I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light"-Joe Hing Lowe
richness - a strong deep vividness of hue; "the fire-light gave a richness of coloring to that side of the room"
		tint, tincture, shade, tone (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution
richness - splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the flora"
		impressiveness, grandness, magnificence
		excellence the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
		expansiveness, expansivity a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand; "the expansiveness of their extravagant life style was soon curtailed"
richness - the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English"
		profusion, profuseness, cornucopia
		copiousness, teemingness, abundance the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance"
		overgrowth a profusion of growth on or over something else
		verdancy, verdure, greenness the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation
richness - abundant wealth; "they studied forerunners of richness or poverty"; "the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty"
		affluence
		wealthiness, wealth the quality of profuse abundance; "she has a wealth of talent"
richness - 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"
		fullness, mellowness
		property any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie; "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props"