abundant

[uh-buhn-duhnt] / əˈbʌn dənt /

ADJECTIVE

plentiful, large in number

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ample bountiful copious generous heavy rich sufficient

WEAK

abounding bounteous crawling with cup runs over with eco-rich exuberant filled full lavish liberal lousy with luxuriant mucho no end of overflowing plate is full of plenteous plenty profuse rolling in stinking with teeming

Antonyms

STRONGEST

depleted insufficient lacking meager needy poor wanting

WEAK

rare scarce sparse

Example Sentences

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At the same time, bacteria associated with health benefits, including Neisseria, became more abundant.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

Companies are staying private longer because of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act’s burdensome regulations, shareholder litigation and abundant financing available in private markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Prospectors learned more than a century ago that there were riches buried under Texas, in the form of abundant oil and gas supplies.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Palaeontologist Dr Sita Manitkoon, from Mahasarakham University, said that the country has a high diversity in dinosaur fossils and is "possibly the third most abundant in Asia in terms of dinosaur remains".

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Some entomologists believe that the ant’s food habits have changed as it has become more abundant, so that observations made several decades ago have little value now.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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