abundant adj : present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water" [ant: scarce]

English

Etymology

Old English (h)abundant, aboundant, French abondant, from Latin abudans, present participle of abundare. See Abound

Pronunciation

Adjective

1. Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; in great quantity; richly supplied -- followed by in, rarely by with.

   Quotations

   • Abundant in goodness and truth. Exodus, 34:6

Synonyms

• ample (see here for explanation of distinctions)
• bountiful
• copious
• exuberant
• liberal
• overflowing
• plenteous
• plentiful
• profuse
• rich
• teeming

Derived terms

• abundant number
• abundantly

Translations

• Chinese: 丰富 (fēngfù)
• Dutch: overvloedig, rijkelijk voorhanden
• Finnish: runsas, yltäkylläinen
• French: abondant
• German: reichlich vorhanden
• Interlingua: abundante
• Italian: abbondante
• Japanese: 豊かな (yutaka na); 量の多い (ryō no ōi)
• Norwegian: rikelig
• Portuguese: abundante
• Romanian: abundent
• Russian: обильный, изобилующий
• Spanish: abundante
• Telugu: మిక్కిలి (mikkili)

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