abundant
Adjective
- Existing or available in large quantities.
- present in great quantity
- "an abundant supply of water"
Adj
- Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
- Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity.
- Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.
Examples
- an abundant selection of carpets to choose from
- Blackberries are abundant in this part of the country in October, so we always make lots of jam.
- His vocabulary was abundant, filled with obscure but valid Scrabble words.
Origin / Etymology
First attested about 1380. From Middle English abundaunt, habundaunt, aboundant, from Anglo-Norman abundant, from Old French abondant, from Latin abundāns, present participle of abundō (“to overflow, to abound”). Compare abound.
Synonyms
abounding, abundant, ample, aplenty, bountiful, brimming, copious, exuberant, galore, generous, largifical, largifluous, lavish, liberal, numerous, overflowing, plenteous, plentevous, plentiful, prodigal, profluent, profuse, prolific, rich, superabundant, teeming, uberous
Antonyms
scarce, adequate, deficient, insufficient, lacking, rare, satisfactory, scant, sufficient, uncommon
Scrabble Score: 11
abundant: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordabundant: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
abundant: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary