Meanings
plural richnesses
- uncountableusuallyThe state or quality of being rich; wealthiness, wealth, riches.
- uncountableusuallyThe state of having many examples or cases; abundance; profusion.
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 CNN1 more example
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 - countableusuallyThe result or product of being rich.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of richesse (“A group of martens.”)
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe property of being extremely abundant
nounthe property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
nounsplendid or imposing in size or appearance
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishrichenesse
- Englishrichness
Inherited from Middle English richenesse; by surface analysis, rich + -ness.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian богатство
- богатство (bogatstvo)state or quality of being rich
Catalan ricor, riquesa
- ricorstate or quality of being rich
- riquesastate or quality of being rich
Esperanto riĉeco
- riĉecostate or quality of being rich
Finnish rikkaus, lajirikkaus
- rikkausstate or quality of being rich
- lajirikkausecology: number of types
- rikkausresult of being rich
French richesse
- richessestate or quality of being rich
German Reichtum
- Reichtumstate or quality of being rich
Irish saibhreas
- saibhreasstate or quality of being rich
Italian ricchezza
- ricchezzastate or quality of being rich
Latin opulentia
- opulentiastate or quality of being rich
Latvian bagātība, mantīgums
- bagātībastate or quality of being rich
- mantīgumsstate or quality of being rich
Polish bogactwo, bogatość
- bogactwostate or quality of being rich
- bogatośćstate or quality of being rich
Portuguese riqueza
- riquezastate or quality of being rich
Romanian bogăție
- bogățiestate or quality of being rich
Russian бога́тство
- бога́тство (bogátstvo)state or quality of being rich
Thai ความรวย
- ความรวย (kwaam-ruai)state or quality of being rich
Turkish zenginlik, varlıklılık
- zenginlikstate or quality of being rich
- varlıklılıkstate or quality of being rich
- varsıllıkstate or quality of being rich
Cite this entry
richness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/richness
“richness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/richness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “richness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/richness.
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