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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Helion claims its fusion technology is close to producing cheap, abundant energy for the world, and Altman has been a shareholder since 2014.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“As credit spreads and equities quickly approach pre-escalation levels, we suspect calls for investor complacency will be abundant in the coming weeks,” they said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Tomatoes — one of Cuba’s most abundant seasonal crops — are a painful example.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

Associate Professor Fan said: "After years of fieldwork, we finally found several sites with the right conditions where animal fossils are preserved together with the abundant algae."

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

In new territory, out of reach of the restraining hand of the natural enemies that kept down its numbers in its native land, an invading plant or animal is able to become enormously abundant.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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