PLUSHINESS Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

plushiness

noun

as in richness

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Noun

There’s no shortage of melty cheese, and a dash of half-and-half adds just the right amount of richness to the broth.

— Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2026
The result is a one-of-a-kind pattern, infused with Cucinelli’s signature mix of understatement and richness.

— Jon Roth, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of richness

Noun

The 538-foot-tall building is out of scale for a neighborhood of mostly buildings between four and six stories, and will contain just 34 luxury condos, some with their own private entrances and garages.

— David Freedlander, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026
While Detroit currently has enough financial wiggle room to not worry about exceeding the luxury tax, there is the NBA repeater tax levied to teams that go over the luxury tax in at least three out of four seasons.

— Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of luxury

Noun

Rome’s cultural superintendent, Claudio Parisi Presicce, said the grandeur of the port city as depicted in the fresco, with buildings, a theater and temple, public piazzas and towers, was particularly well conserved.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
It’s set on a remote farm nestled high in the Rocky Mountains in the early 1950s, and the images — of jutting peaks and plunging valleys, of endless stretches of pine, of the craggy frosted grandeur of it all — are vivid enough to carry you away.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of grandeur

Noun

Marcus King has the keen ability to balance technical brilliance with authenticity, gratitude and honesty.

— John D. Luerssen, SPIN, 9 Sep. 2026
Osorio has shown individual brilliance and star quality, but at a lower level and different style of division than the Premier League.

— Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of brilliance

Noun

There’s a nobility in providing some fan service to help immerse Oasis devotees who could not afford the outrageous ticket prices to attend the tour.

— Marshall Shaffer, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
Working as a portraitist, she was commissioned by university scholars and local nobility in Bologna, the Italian city where she was born.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of nobility

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Serene, discrete, and expertly curated, this is Italianate splendor at its finest.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
In this 1985 novel, recently reissued by NYRB, Louise has returned to the splendor and decay of New Orleans, where one drunken yet charming Southern gentleman in particular catches her eye.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of splendor

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