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: relative degree of plentifulness
- low abundances of uranium and thorium
- —H. C. Urey
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a plant with an abundance of flowers
a plant known for the abundance of its flowers
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Fruits and vegetables are also in abundance, because the balmy weather also actually helps naturally produce them at their optimal growing time, so select produce is fresher and often cheaper.
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Kansas Jayhawks Devonte Graham and Malik Newman prepare for media after Final Four loss to Villanova in San Antonio Shane Keyser Villanova came out with an abundance of energy to say the least.
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Speed and endurance was in abundance as more than 800 track and field athletes gathered at Blanche Ely High School for the annual Pompano Xpress Youth Extravaganza Track & Field Invitational meet.
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The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics identifies a few things to keep top-of-mind while following vegan or vegetarian diet, as they're often found in abundance in animal products.
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Should McCabe have recused himself sooner in the Clinton case, out of an abundance of caution?
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Out of an abundance of caution the courthouse has been evacuated, allowing us to secure the the building and conduct a through investigation.
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Crews took immediate action and, out of an abundance of caution, worked with the city to close adjacent streets.
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In order to incorporate large quantities of renewables, interconnected power systems will be needed so that those with an abundance of clean energy can share it with those who lack it.
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abundance Synonyms
Synonyms
barrel, basketful, boatload, bucket, bunch, bundle, bushel, carload, chunk, deal, dozen, fistful, gobs, good deal, heap, hundred, loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, multiplicity, myriad, oodles, pack, passel, peck, pile, plateful, plenitude, plentitude, plenty, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, sight, slew, spate, stack, store, ton, 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, tad, touch, trace;
Near Antonyms
atom, crumb, dot, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, grain, granule, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, mote, nubbin, particle, ray, scintilla, scrap, shred, tittle, whit;
Related Words
bonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, plethora, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus;
army, bevy, cram, crowd, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mob, multitude, press, score, sea, swarm, throng;
Phrases
all kinds (of), quite a bit;
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