abundance

Noun

Meaning

An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

copiousness plenty wealth fertility overflow riches richness bounty affluence profusion superabundance plenteousness bountifulness mass excellency
Show all synonyms

Antonyms

scarcity ray providence fleck highness dram
Show all antonyms

Hypernyms

ratio quantity

Hyponyms

amplitude plenty richness bounty profusion cornucopia

Related terms

abundant abound

Phrases with the word

abundance of having money in abundance abundance or overabundance of something abundance of living organisms an abundance sand eel abundance

Examples

Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger. Basil of Caesarea

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little. Franklin D. Roosevelt

There came into the world an unlimited abundance of everything people need. But people need everything except unlimited abundance. Karel Čapek

Abundance breeds arrogance. Argentinean Proverb

Abundance is from activity. Turkish Proverb

Abundance of money is a trial for a man. Moroccan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

abumbrellar abun abuna abundance of abundance of caution abundance of financial resources