[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]