Definitions for richness
rich·ness

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. profusion, profuseness, richness, cornucopianoun

   the property of being extremely abundant

   "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English"

2. affluence, richnessnoun

   abundant wealth

   "they studied forerunners of richness or poverty"; "the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty"

3. fullness, mellowness, richnessnoun

   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. richnessnoun

   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. richness, rankness, prolificacy, fertilitynoun

   the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth

   "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness"

6. richnessnoun

   a strong deep vividness of hue

   "the fire-light gave a richness of coloring to that side of the room"

7. impressiveness, grandness, magnificence, richnessnoun

   splendid or imposing in size or appearance

   "the grandness of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the flora"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. richnessnoun

   The state or quality of being rich; richdom.

2. richnessnoun

   The number of types in a community.

3. richnessnoun

   The result or product of being rich.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Richnessnoun

   Etymology: from rich.

   1. Opulence; wealth.

   Of virtue you have left proof to the world;
   And virtue is grateful with beauty and richness adorn’d. Philip Sidney.

   2. Finery; splendour.3. Fertility; fecundity; fruitfulness.

   This town is famous for the richness of the soil. Addison.

   4. Abundance or perfection of any quality.

   I amused myself with the richness and variety of colours in the western parts of heaven. Spectator.

   5. Pampering qualities.

   The lively tincture of whose gushing blood
   Shou’d clearly prove the richness of his food. Dryden.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Richnessnoun

   the quality or state of being rich (in any sense of the adjective)

Matched Categories

1. • Excellence
   • Property
   • Shade
   • Value
   • Wealth

How to pronounce richness?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say richness in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of richness in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of richness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of richness in a Sentence

1. Lia Siegelman:

   When I saw the richness of the turbulence around the Jovian cyclones, with all the filaments and smaller eddies, it reminded me of the turbulence you see in the ocean around eddies, these are especially evident in high-resolution satellite images of vortices in Earth's oceans that are revealed by plankton blooms that act as tracers of the flow.

2. Bishop Sergio Pagano.Pope:

   In the sad, no terrible, scenario before the war, during its tragic unfolding as well as afterward, the great figure of Pius XII stands out, he was superficially criticized and judged for some aspects of his pontificate and now, thanks to the opening faithfully desired by Pope Francis, I think historians who know how to investigate, without prejudice, but with the help of new documents, can find its richness and realistic importance.

3. John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

   When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

4. Charles Grassley:

   I think that you don’t have any more trouble with what Trump said than when Sotomayor said that —when she was found saying in speeches that, quote, ‘Awise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male,’ i don’t hear any criticism of that sort of comment by a justice of the Supreme Court.

5. Andrew Green:

   From the moment this (HBOS) went wrong, and the moment when enforcement action was being considered, because of the richness of information on Peter Cummings he was the only person who was really considered.

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