abundant
Syllables: a·bun·dantUK/əˈbʌn.dənt//əˈbʌn.dənt/
abundant adjective: fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
Adjective
abundant (comparative more abundant, superlative most abundant)
- Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
- 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
- Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity.
- Abundant in goodness and truth.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 34:6
- Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.
- Antonyms:
- deficient
abundant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
abundant in Hindi
- fully sufficient; plentiful
- प्रचुर pracur
abundant in Tamil
- தாராளமான, தேவைக்கு அதிகமான, ஏராளமான, எக்கச்சக்கமான, அமோகமான, மிகுதியாக
abundant in Marathi
- abundant
- भरपूर bharpūr
- abundant, copious, plentiful
- मुबलक mublak
- abundant, copious
- विपुल vipul
abundant in Urdu
- abundant, in plenty
- بسیار bisyār
- abundant, plentiful
- شدید śadīd
- abundant, automatically
- بے اختیار be ixtiyār
More languagesFewer languages
- abundant in Bengali
- বহুল bohul
- abundant in Telugu
- మిక్కిలి mikkili
- abundant in Malayalam
- സമ്പുഷ്ടമായ, സമൃദ്ധമായ, ധാരാളമായ, വിപുലമായി
- abundant in Kannada
- ಬಹಳ bahaḷa
- abundant in Punjabi
- بڑا baṛā, ਅਧਿਕ adhik
- abundant in Gujarati
- હજાર hajār
- abundant in Odia
- ଅଧିକ adhika
- abundant in Sanskrit
- बहु bahu
- abundant in Pashto
- ودان Wëdān
- abundant in Arabic
- وافِر wāfir, وَفِير wafīr
- abundant in Vietnamese
- dồi dào
Examples of abundant in a sentence
- a delicate face framed by abundant black hair
- [W]ith their magical words they [poets] bring forth to our eyesight the abundant images and beauties of creation.a. 1859, Leigh Hunt, On the Realities of Imagination:
- Seemingly abundant liquid water and an oxygen-mix atmosphere made it a strong candidate for settlement, earning it the designation Habitat 4.2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Kadara:
Synonyms of abundant
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Antonyms
Forms of abundant
| comparative | more abundant |
|---|---|
| superlative | most abundant |
| alternative form (obsolete) | aboundant |
| alternative form (obsolete) | abundaunt |
| alternative form (obsolete) | habundaunt |
| alternative form (obsolete) | habundant |
Origin of abundant
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.
Words formed from abundant
Phrases with abundant
Questions about abundant
- What does abundant mean?
- Abundant means fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
- What is abundant in Hindi?
- Abundant in Hindi is प्रचुर (pracur). See Abundant meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use abundant in a sentence?
- a delicate face framed by abundant black hair
- What part of speech is abundant?
- Abundant is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce abundant?
- Abundant is pronounced /əˈbʌn.dənt/ (UK).
Words near abundant in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: abundant (page history and authors); abundant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); भरपूर (Marathi) (page history and authors); بسیار (Urdu) (page history and authors); abundant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಬಹಳ (Kannada) (page history and authors); بڑا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); હજાર (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଅଧିକ (Odia) (page history and authors); ودان (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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