1. Abundant wealth
   "the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty"; "they studied forerunners of richness or poverty";
   - affluence
    
2. Great abundance; a more than sufficient quantity
   "the idiomatic richness of English";
   - profusion, profuseness, cornucopia, plethora
    
3. 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"
    
4. The property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing
   "he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance";
   - fullness, mellowness, fulness
    
5. The property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
   "he praised the richness of the soil";
   - rankness, prolificacy, fertility
    
6. A strong deep vividness of hue
   "the fire-light gave a richness of colouring to that side of the room"
    
7. Splendid or imposing in size or appearance
   "impressed by the richness of the flora";
   - impressiveness, grandness, magnificence

Type of: abundance, copiousness, excellence, fecundity, fruitfulness, merit, property, shade, teemingness, tincture, tint, tone, value, wealth, wealthiness, worth

Encyclopedia: Richness