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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Hydrogen, the most abundant element in the cosmos, emits only a very faint glow, making direct observations nearly impossible for older instruments.

From Science Daily • May 16, 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

But the most abundant petroleum-product export by far is propane.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Cora missed the white stores and their abundant shelves, but she still had her evening walks home, and her game with the changing window displays.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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