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richness

/ˈɹɪt͡ʃnəs/

richness noun: the state or quality of being rich; wealthiness, wealth, riches.

Noun

richness (usually uncountable, plural richnesses)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being rich; wealthiness, wealth, riches.
  2. (usually) The state of having many examples or cases; abundance; profusion.
    • By using the same classification system for all the dictionaries surveyed, it was possible to compare the lexical richness of each against the other.2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 297
    • Describing us as multilingual emphasizes our achievements and that learning English adds to the richness of our identity.2021 December 18, Ching Ching Tan, “Spielberg’s West Side Story shows us the value of multilingualism”, in CNN
  3. (usually) The number of types in a community.
  4. (countable, usually) The result or product of being rich.
  5. (countable, usually) Synonym of richess (“A group of martens.”)
    Synonyms:
    richess

richness meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Malayalam

richness in Tamil

richness , fruitfulness
வளப்பம் vaḷappam
richness
தடம் taṭam

richness in Marathi

श्रीमंतपणा

richness in Urdu

آسودگی, امیری, دولت مندی, ثروت, زرخیزی

richness in Malayalam

ഐശ്വര്യം, സമൃദ്ധി, ബാഹുല്യം
More languagesFewer languages
richness in Kannada
ಶ್ರೀಮಂತಿಕೆ
richness in Thai
ความรวย kwaam-ruai

Examples of richness in a sentence

  • No conlanger could hope to create a language with the depth and richness of a natural language.
  • The slightly fruitcakey right-bank bordeaux has a richness that marries well with the rich food.
  • Only four xenarthran families are extant today, providing little indication of the past richness of the order.

All 35 example sentences with richness

Synonyms of richness

  • richess

Forms of richness

pluralrichnesses

Origin of richness

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

Questions about richness

What does richness mean?
Richness means the state or quality of being rich; wealthiness, wealth, riches.
What is richness in Tamil?
Richness in Tamil is வளப்பம் (vaḷappam), தடம் (taṭam). See Richness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is richness?
Richness is a noun.
How do you pronounce richness?
Richness is pronounced /ˈɹɪt͡ʃnəs/.
What is the plural of richness?
The plural of richness is richnesses.

Words near richness in the dictionary

  1. Richmondshire
  2. Richmondville
  3. Richner
  4. Richner-Hanhart syndrome
  5. Richners
  6. richness
  7. richnesses
  8. Richonne
  9. Richoux
  10. Richouxes
  11. richsplain

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: richness (page history and authors); தடம் (Tamil) (page history and authors); richness (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); richness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); richness (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); richness (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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