abundance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/
ipa: /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/
ipa: /əˈbʌn.dn̩ts/
ipa: /əˈbn̩.dn̩s/
Forms: form: abundances
form: abundaunce
form: habundance
form: boundance
form: aboundance
form: abondance
Etymology: From Middle English abundaunce, habaundance, from Old French habundance, abondance, from Latin abundantia (“fullness, plenty”), from abundō (“to overflow”). Equivalent to abound + -ance. Displaced Old English geniht (“abundance, plenty”).
Senses: examples: text: Due to the abundance of art material, the class made a giant collage.
text: There is not a great abundance of time, so please don't dawdle.
synonyms: word: heap
word: load
word: abundance
word: arseload
word: assload
word: bellyload
word: boatload
word: brimful
word: busload
word: bucketful
word: bucketload
word: butt-ton
word: bumload
word: buttload
word: cartload
word: crapload
word: deal
word: fuckload
word: fuckton
word: fuckwad
word: great deal
word: hantle
word: heap
word: hecatomb
word: helluvalot
word: horseload
word: lashings
word: load
word: lot
word: mampus
word: many
word: mass
word: metric fuckton
word: metric shitload
word: mickle
word: mountain
word: muckle
word: multiplicity
word: multitude
word: pile
word: ream
word: shedload
word: shitful
word: shitload
word: shitton
word: slew
word: spadeloads
word: sum
word: superflux
word: ton
word: trainload
word: truckload
word: tun
word: vaultful
word: wagonload
glosses: A large quantity; many.
examples: text: It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state.
ref: c. 1610?, Walter Raleigh, A Discourse of War:
synonyms: word: exuberance
word: copiousness
word: overflow
word: plenty
word: plenteousness
word: plenitude
word: plentitude
word: abundance
word: acrasia
word: acrasy
word: excess
word: excessiveness
word: exuberance
word: copiousness
word: fecundity
word: fertileness
word: fertility
word: fruitfulness
word: fulth
word: glut
word: immoderation
word: incontinence
word: intemperance
word: mountain
word: nimiety
word: overabundance
word: overage
word: overflow
word: overplus
word: overquantity
word: oversum
word: plenteousness
word: plentifulness
word: plenty
word: plethora
word: productiveness
word: profusion
word: superabundance
word: superaddition
word: superfluity
word: superfluousness
word: superflux
word: superplus
word: surfeit
word: surplus
word: surplusage
word: uberty
word: ug
glosses: An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
synonyms: word: riches
word: affluence
word: wealth
word: abundance
word: affluence
word: cheese
word: ease
word: fortune
word: Mammon
word: opulence
word: plenty
word: richdom
word: riches
word: wealth
glosses: Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
glosses: Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
glosses: enough, sufficiency.
Synonyms: english: Chester
translation: Chester
word: abundation
Derived terms: abundance of caution
abundancy
declared abundance
hyperabundance
in abundance
overabundance
royal abundance
superabundance
underabundance
Related terms: abound
abundant