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abundance

noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/
  • US: /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/
  • US: /əˈbʌn.dn̩ts/
  • US: /əˈbn̩.dn̩s/
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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 B AH1 N D AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A large quantity; many.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Due to the abundance of art material, the class made a giant collage.
  • There is not a great abundance of time, so please don't dawdle.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: heap, load, abundance, battalion, arseload, assload, bellyload, boatload, brimful, busload, bucketful, bucketload, butt-ton, bumload, buttload, cartload, crapflood, crapload, deal, fuckload, fuckton, fuckwad, gob, great deal, hantle, hecatomb, helluvalot, horseload, lashings, lot, mampus, many, mass, metric fuckton, metric shitload, mickle, mountain, muckle, multiplicity, multitude, pile, ream, shedload, shitflood, shitful, shitload, shitton, sight, slew, spadeloads, sum, superflux, ton, trainload, truckload, tun, vaultful, wagonload

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exuberance, copiousness, overflow, plenty, plenteousness, plenitude, plentitude, abundance, acrasia, acrasy, excess, excessiveness, fecundity, fertileness, fertility, fruitfulness, fulth, glut, immoderation, incontinence, intemperance, mountain, nimiety, overabundance, overage, overplus, overquantity, oversum, plentifulness, plethora, productiveness, profusion, superabundance, superaddition, superfluity, superfluousness, superflux, superplus, surfeit, surplus, surplusage, uberty, ug

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: riches, affluence, wealth, abundance, cheese, ease, fortune, Mammon, opulence, plenty, richdom

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A political ideology that is progressive but prioritises economic growth and infrastructure construction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: capitalized, often, uncountable

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: card-games, games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

enough, sufficiency.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an age of abundance

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: copiousness, teemingness

Antonyms: scarcity

Broader terms: quantity

Narrower terms: amplitude, bountifulness, bounty, plenty, plentifulness, plenteousness, plenitude, plentitude, profusion, profuseness, richness, cornucopia, wealth, luxuriance, lushness, voluptuousness, overabundance, overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance

9

noun

Meaning 9

(chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ratio

10

noun

Meaning 10

(physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ratio

History

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”).

Across languages

Translations

120 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ብዛት (bəzat) — large quantity
  • Bulgarian: голямо количество (goljamo količestvo) — large quantity
  • Dutch: overvloed — large quantity
  • Finnish: suuri määrä — large quantity
  • Georgian: სიჭარბე (sič̣arbe) — large quantity
  • Georgian: სიმრავლე (simravle) — large quantity
  • Georgian: სიუხვე (siuxve) — large quantity
  • Hindi: प्रचुरता (pracurtā) — large quantity
  • Hindi: अधिकता (adhiktā) — large quantity
  • Hindi: बहुलता (bahultā) — large quantity
  • Macedonian: изобилство (izobilstvo) — large quantity
  • Polish: obfitość — large quantity
  • Russian: оби́лие (obílije) — large quantity
  • Russian: избы́ток (izbýtok) — large quantity
  • Serbo-Croatian: obilje — large quantity
  • Spanish: abastanza (desus.) — large quantity
  • Spanish: abundancia — large quantity
  • Spanish: abundamiento (desus.) — large quantity
  • Spanish: ares y mares — large quantity
  • Swedish: ymnighet — large quantity
  • Turkish: çokluk — large quantity
  • Volapük: bundan — large quantity
  • Afrikaans: oorvloed — ample sufficiency
  • Albanian: bollëk — ample sufficiency
  • Arabic: كَثْرَة (kaṯra) — ample sufficiency
  • Arabic: غَزَارَة (ḡazāra) — ample sufficiency
  • Armenian: առատություն (aṙatutʻyun) — ample sufficiency
  • Azerbaijani: bolluq — ample sufficiency
  • Bulgarian: обилие (obilie) — ample sufficiency
  • Bulgarian: изобилие (izobilie) — ample sufficiency
  • Catalan: abundància — ample sufficiency
  • Crimean Tatar: bereket — ample sufficiency
  • Czech: hojnost — ample sufficiency
  • Dalmatian: bonduanza — ample sufficiency
  • Dutch: overvloed — ample sufficiency
  • Esperanto: sufiĉego — ample sufficiency
  • Esperanto: abundo — ample sufficiency
  • Esperanto: abundeco — ample sufficiency
  • Finnish: runsaus — ample sufficiency
  • Finnish: yltäkylläisyys — ample sufficiency
  • Finnish: ylenpalttisuus — ample sufficiency
  • French: abondance — ample sufficiency
  • Galician: abundancia — ample sufficiency
  • Galician: fartura — ample sufficiency
  • Galician: abastanza — ample sufficiency
  • German: Überfluss — ample sufficiency
  • Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌳𐌿𐌸𐍃 (managdūþs) — ample sufficiency
  • Ancient Greek: περισσεία (perisseía) — ample sufficiency
  • Ancient Greek: δαψίλεια (dapsíleia) — ample sufficiency
  • Haitian Creole: abondans — ample sufficiency
  • Hebrew: שפע (shéfa’) — ample sufficiency
  • Hindi: पर्याप्तता (paryāptatā) — ample sufficiency
  • Hungarian: bőség — ample sufficiency
  • Hungarian: áradat — ample sufficiency
  • Icelandic: gnægð — ample sufficiency
  • Indonesian: limpah-ruah — ample sufficiency
  • Indonesian: keberlimpahan — ample sufficiency
  • Ingrian: kyllys — ample sufficiency
  • Interlingua: abundantia — ample sufficiency
  • Irish: líonmhaireacht — ample sufficiency
  • Irish: raidhse — ample sufficiency
  • Irish: flúirse — ample sufficiency
  • Italian: abbondanza — ample sufficiency
  • Italian: cuccagna — ample sufficiency
  • Japanese: 大量 (tairyō) — ample sufficiency
  • Japanese: 多量 (taryō) — ample sufficiency
  • Japanese: 豊富 (hōfu) — ample sufficiency
  • Japanese: 過剰 (kajō) — ample sufficiency
  • Central Kurdish: زۆری (zorî) — ample sufficiency
  • Latin: cōpia — ample sufficiency
  • Latin: abundantia — ample sufficiency
  • Latin: largitās — ample sufficiency
  • Luxembourgish: Iwwerfloss — ample sufficiency
  • Macedonian: изо́билство (izóbilstvo) — ample sufficiency
  • Macedonian: изоби́лие (izobílie) — ample sufficiency
  • Macedonian: оби́лие (obílie) — ample sufficiency
  • Malay: kelimpahan — ample sufficiency
  • Māori: ranea — ample sufficiency
  • Māori: harahara — ample sufficiency
  • Norwegian: overflod — ample sufficiency
  • Persian: فراوانی (farâvâni) — ample sufficiency
  • Persian: فزونی (fozuni) — ample sufficiency
  • Polish: obfitość — ample sufficiency
  • Portuguese: abundância — ample sufficiency
  • Romanian: abundență — ample sufficiency
  • Russian: изоби́лие (izobílije) — ample sufficiency
  • Sanskrit: आयात (āyāta) — ample sufficiency
  • Sanskrit: ऋद्धि (ṛddhi) — ample sufficiency
  • Scottish Gaelic: pailteas — ample sufficiency
  • Serbo-Croatian: изобиље (izobilje) — ample sufficiency
  • Serbo-Croatian: обиље — ample sufficiency
  • Spanish: abundancia — ample sufficiency
  • Swahili: wingi — ample sufficiency
  • Swedish: överflöd — ample sufficiency
  • Tagalog: kasaganaan — ample sufficiency
  • Tocharian B: artkiye — ample sufficiency
  • Turkish: bolluk — ample sufficiency
  • Turkish: varlık (jeology) — ample sufficiency
  • Turkish: bereket — ample sufficiency
  • Ottoman Turkish: بركت (bereket) — ample sufficiency
  • Ukrainian: рясно́та (rjasnóta) — ample sufficiency
  • Ukrainian: рясо́та (rjasóta) — ample sufficiency
  • Vietnamese: phong phú — ample sufficiency
  • Volapük: bundan — ample sufficiency
  • Bulgarian: охолство (oholstvo) — wealth, affluence
  • Finnish: vauraus — wealth, affluence
  • Finnish: yltäkylläisyys — wealth, affluence
  • Finnish: runsaus — wealth, affluence
  • Macedonian: изо́билство (izóbilstvo) — wealth, affluence
  • Polish: obfitość — wealth, affluence
  • Russian: бога́тство (bogátstvo) — wealth, affluence
  • Turkish: bolluk — wealth, affluence
  • Bulgarian: съдържание (sǎdǎržanie) — frequency
  • Finnish: yleisyys — frequency
  • Finnish: määrä — frequency
  • Polish: częstotliwość — frequency
  • Russian: оби́лие (obílije) — frequency
  • Russian: избы́ток (izbýtok) — frequency
  • Turkish: sıklık — frequency
  • Polish: abundance — solo whist: bid to take nine or more tricks
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