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Richness Very Common

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Richness has 8 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the property of being extremely abundant

"the profusion of detail"

"the idiomatic richness of English"

2

abundant wealth

"they studied forerunners of richness or poverty"

"the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty"

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"

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"

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"

8

The state or quality of being rich; richdom; wealth.

"The sudden influx of oil revenue brought an undeniable richness to the kingdom's treasury that transformed their entire economy."

Example Sentences
"the profusion of detail" noun
"the idiomatic richness of English" noun
"they studied forerunners of richness or poverty" noun
"the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty" noun
"the music had a fullness that echoed through the hall" noun
"the cheap wine had no body, no mellowness" noun
"he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance" noun
"the richness of the mines and pastureland" noun
"the cut of her clothes and the richness of the fabric were distinctive" noun
"he praised the richness of the soil" noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
abundance wealth property value fruitfulness shade excellence
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
overgrowth greenness wilderness ease expansiveness stateliness
Rhyming Words
ess 1ess ress ness tess hess kess wess jess fess yess sess less bess cess mess guess 1aess gless cress
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