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richness

noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈɹɪt͡ʃnəs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The state or quality of being rich; wealthiness, wealth, riches.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The state of having many examples or cases; abundance; profusion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The number of types in a community.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The result or product of being rich.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

splendid or imposing in size or appearance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the grandness of the architecture
  • impressed by the richness of the flora

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: impressiveness, grandness, magnificence

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: excellence

Narrower terms: expansiveness, expansivity, stateliness, majesty, loftiness

6

noun

Meaning 6

a strong deep vividness of hue

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shade, tint, tincture, tone

7

noun

Meaning 7

the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fullness, mellowness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: property

8

noun

Meaning 8

the property of being extremely abundant

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the profusion of detail
  • the idiomatic richness of English

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: profusion, profuseness, cornucopia

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: abundance, copiousness, teemingness

Narrower terms: overgrowth, greenness, verdancy, verdure, wilderness

9

noun

Meaning 9

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he praised the richness of the soil
  • weeds lovely in their rankness

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rankness, prolificacy, fertility

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fruitfulness, fecundity

10

noun

Meaning 10

the quality of having high intrinsic value

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the richness of the mines and pastureland
  • the cut of her clothes and the richness of the fabric were distinctive

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: value

11

noun

Meaning 11

abundant wealth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: affluence

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wealth, wealthiness

Narrower terms: ease, comfort

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English richenesse; by surface analysis, rich + -ness.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: богатство (bogatstvo) — state or quality of being rich
  • Catalan: ricor — state or quality of being rich
  • Catalan: riquesa — state or quality of being rich
  • Esperanto: riĉeco — state or quality of being rich
  • Finnish: rikkaus — state or quality of being rich
  • French: richesse — state or quality of being rich
  • German: Reichtum — state or quality of being rich
  • Irish: saibhreas — state or quality of being rich
  • Italian: ricchezza — state or quality of being rich
  • Kazakh: байлық (bailyq) — state or quality of being rich
  • Latin: opulentia — state or quality of being rich
  • Latvian: bagātība — state or quality of being rich
  • Latvian: mantīgums — state or quality of being rich
  • Middle English: richenesse — state or quality of being rich
  • Middle English: richedom — state or quality of being rich
  • Polish: bogactwo — state or quality of being rich
  • Polish: bogatość — state or quality of being rich
  • Portuguese: riqueza — state or quality of being rich
  • Romanian: bogăție — state or quality of being rich
  • Russian: бога́тство (bogátstvo) — state or quality of being rich
  • Slovene: bogastvo — state or quality of being rich
  • Thai: ความรวย (kwaam-ruai) — state or quality of being rich
  • Turkish: zenginlik — state or quality of being rich
  • Turkish: varlıklılık — state or quality of being rich
  • Turkish: varsıllık — state or quality of being rich
  • Finnish: lajirikkaus — ecology: number of types
  • Finnish: rikkaus — result of being rich
  • Ingrian: rikassos — result of being rich
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