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abundant

  • adjective
  • a·bun·dant
  • /əˈbʌn.dənt/

Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.

Example

“Blackberries are abundant in this part of the country in October, so we always make lots of jam.”

Other meanings

  1. Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity.

  2. Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.

Synonyms

  • liberal
  • plentiful
  • rich

Related words

  • abundantial
  • hyperabundant
  • nonabundant
  • overabundant
  • surabundant
  • unabundant
  • underabundant
  • abundant number
  • abundant year
  • abundantly
  • superabundant

Word history

From Latin "abundāns".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “abundant” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.