abundance
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Definition of abundance
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Synonyms & Antonyms for abundance
Synonyms
barrel, basketful, boatload, bucket, bunch, bundle, bushel, carload, chunk, deal, dozen, fistful, gobs, good deal, heap, hundred, lashings (also lashins) [chiefly British], loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, multiplicity, myriad, oodles, pack, passel, peck, pile, plateful, plenitude, plentitude, plenty, pot, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, sheaf, shipload, sight, slew, spate, stack, store, ton, truckload, volume, wad, wealth, yard
Antonyms
ace, bit, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, handful, hint, lick, little, mite, mouthful, nip, ounce, peanuts, pinch, pittance, scruple, shade, shadow, smidgen (also smidgeon), speck, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, taste, touch, trace
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The places of abundance are, relative to its neighbors, few and small. — Wade Graham, Smithsonian, "Why Molokai, With All Its Wonders, Is the Least Developed of Hawai’i’s Islands," 31 Aug. 2019 There is no evidence to suggest that topical gluten application is harmful to those with celiac disease, but some people might want to avoid it in nail polish out of an abundance of caution. — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, "Why You Need To Switch To Non-Toxic Nail Polish," 12 Aug. 2019 Castillo, who before the season was expected to pitch in an abundance of high-leverage moments in 2019, was activated from the 60-day injured list on Thursday after spending the past five months rehabbing a forearm flexor strain. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Padres notes: Jose Castillo returns; Padres help El Paso; Walton delay," 8 Aug. 2019 Suttles said the man who had been inside the bank left a backpack in the building and, out of an abundance of caution, a bomb disposal unit from the sheriff’s department was called to the scene to check it out. — Andy Nguyen, Glendale News-Press, "2 detained in attempted robbery of Glendale Bank of America," 6 Aug. 2019 There is grace in the abundance of history, wildlands and simple elegance. — Danica Farley, Orange County Register, "A whale of a time in Nantucket," 17 July 2019 Today, in an abundance of ways many of us strive to hold Marsha’s bold freedom dream. — Vogue, "Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson’s Fight to Free Incarcerated Trans Women of Color Is Far From Over," 29 June 2019 This hinted at a rise in the abundance of carbon-eating bacteria, as opposed to the type of microbe that’s usually found in the permafrost, eking out a living by using iron as an energy source. — Carrie Arnold, WIRED, "A Blazing Hot Coal Seam Shows How Microbes Can Spring to Life," 21 Apr. 2019 In the Hudson, the sign of trouble was a sharp drop in the abundance of the youngest fish, which would wander into shad nets every spring (and be released). — Andrew Revkin, National Geographic, "14-foot fish spotted in river, giving hope to vanished giant’s return," 7 Mar. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'abundance.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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