richness

rich  (rch)

adj. rich·er, rich·est

1. Possessing great material wealth: "Now that he was rich he was not thought ignorant any more, but simply eccentric" Mavis Gallant.

2. Having great worth or value: a rich harvest of grain.

3. Magnificent; sumptuous: a rich brocade.

4.

a. Having an abundant supply: rich in ideas.

b. Abounding, especially in natural resources: rich land.

5. Meaningful and significant: "a rich sense of the transaction between writer and reader" William Zinsser.

6. Very productive and therefore financially profitable: rich seams of coal.

7.

a. Containing a large amount of choice ingredients, such as butter, sugar, or eggs, and therefore unusually heavy or sweet: a rich dessert.

b. Having or exuding a strong or pungent aroma: "Texas air is so rich you can nourish off it like it was food" Edna Ferber.

8.

a. Pleasantly full and mellow: a rich tenor voice.

b. Warm and strong in color: a rich brown velvet.

9. Containing a large proportion of fuel to air: a rich gas mixture.

10. Informal Highly amusing.

n. (used with a pl. verb)

Wealthy people considered as a group. Often used with the: "Were there, indeed, a sure appeal to the mercies of the rich, the calamities of the poor might be less intolerable" Charlotte Smith.

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[Middle English riche, from Old French (of Germanic origin) and from Old English rce, strong, powerful; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

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richly adv.

richness n.

Synonyms: rich, affluent, flush¹, loaded, moneyed, wealthy
These adjectives mean having an abundant supply of money, property, or possessions of value: a rich executive; an affluent banker; a speculator flush with cash; not merely rich but loaded; moneyed heirs; wealthy corporations.

Antonym: poor

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Richesse, Richness wealth or opulence; martins collectively, 1486.

Examples: richesse of glory, 1382; of all heavenly grace, 1590; of virtues and comfort of the Holy Ghost, 1400; of good works, 1539.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	richness - the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English" profuseness, profusion, cornucopia abundance, copiousness, teemingness - the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance" overgrowth - a profusion of growth on or over something else greenness, verdancy, verdure - the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation wilderness - a bewildering profusion; "the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups"; "a wilderness of masts in the harbor"
	2.	richness - abundant wealth; "they studied forerunners of richness or poverty"; "the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty" affluence wealth, wealthiness - the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money; "great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence" ease, comfort - a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all the material comforts of this world"
	3.	richness - 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" fullness, mellowness property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles"
	4.	richness - 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" value - the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world"
	5.	richness - the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness" prolificacy, rankness, fertility fruitfulness, fecundity - the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
	6.	richness - a strong deep vividness of hue; "the fire-light gave a richness of coloring to that side of the room" tint, shade, tincture, tone - a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
	7.	richness - splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the flora" impressiveness, magnificence, grandness excellence - the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree expansiveness, expansivity - a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand; "the expansiveness of their extravagant life style was soon curtailed" majesty, stateliness, loftiness - impressiveness in scale or proportion

Translations

richness [ˈrɪtʃnɪs] n → riqueza; [of soil] → fertilidad f

richness [ˈrɪtʃnɪs] n → richesse f

richness [ˈrɪtʃnɪs] rich n (wealth) → Reichtum m;

(of life, culture, food) → Reichhaltigkeit f;

(of soil) → Fruchtbarkeit f;

(of costumes, furnishings) → Pracht f