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abundant

adj · 4 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /əˈbʌn.dənt/
  • US: /əˈbʌn.dənt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 B AH1 N D AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Blackberries are abundant in this part of the country in October, so we always make lots of jam.
  • an abundant selection of carpets to choose from

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: rare, scarce

2

adj

Meaning 2

Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flush, rife

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: deficient

4

adjective

Meaning 4

present in great quantity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an abundant supply of water

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: scarce

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: oorvloedig — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Albanian: maj — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Arabic: وافِر (wāfir) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Arabic: وَفِير (wafīr) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Arabic: وافْر (wāfr) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Armenian: առատ (aṙat) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Azerbaijani: bol — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Belarusian: бага́ты (baháty) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Bengali: বহুল (bohul) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Bulgarian: оби́лен (obílen) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Bulgarian: изоби́лен (izobílen) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Catalan: abundant — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Chamicuro: icheeki — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Chinese Mandarin: 豐富 /丰富 (fēngfù) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Cornish: pals — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Czech: hojný — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Danish: rigelig — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Dutch: overvloedig — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Dutch: rijkelijk voorhanden — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Dutch: abondant — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Esperanto: abunda — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Finnish: runsas — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Finnish: yltäkylläinen — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • French: abondant — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Galician: abundante — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Galician: abondoso — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Georgian: უხვი (uxvi) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Georgian: სავსე (savse) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Georgian: დოვლათიანი (dovlatiani) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • German: reichlich — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • German: wohlhabend — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍉𐌷𐍃 (ganōhs) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Greek: άφθονος (áfthonos) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Ancient Greek: ἄφθονος (áphthonos) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Ancient Greek: δαψιλής (dapsilḗs) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Ancient Greek: περισσός (perissós) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Hindi: प्रचुर (pracur) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Hungarian: bőséges — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Hungarian: kiadós — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Ido: abundanta — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Interlingua: abundante — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Irish: líonmhar — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Irish: raidhsiúil — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Irish: fairsing — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Italian: abbondante — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Japanese: 豊か (yutaka) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Japanese: 量の多い (ryō no ōi) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Latin: abundans — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Latin: amplus — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Latin: largus — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Latvian: bagātīgs — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Lithuanian: gausus — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Māori: ranea — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Māori: makuru — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rikelig — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rik — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rikeleg — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: follrik — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: follug — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: follom — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: flus — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Plautdietsch: riew — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Polish: obfity — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Portuguese: abundante — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Quechua: yupa — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Romanian: abundent — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Russian: оби́льный (obílʹnyj) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Russian: изоби́лующий (izobílujuščij) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Sanskrit: बहु (bahu) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Scots: roch — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Scottish Gaelic: pailt — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Spanish: abundante — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Spanish: copioso — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Spanish: cuantioso — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Swedish: riklig — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Swedish: ymnig — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Telugu: మిక్కిలి (mikkili) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Tocharian B: īte — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Turkish: bol — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Turkish: çok — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Ottoman Turkish: كور (gür) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Ukrainian: бага́тий (bahátyj) — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Uzbek: mo’l — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Vietnamese: dồi dào — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Volapük: bundanik — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Welsh: helaeth — fully sufficient; plentiful
  • Zazaki: zaf (diq) — fully sufficient; plentiful
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