from
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}]