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How does the adjective abundant differ from other similar words?

Some common synonyms of abundant are ample, copious, and plentiful. While all these words mean "more than sufficient without being excessive," abundant suggests an even greater or richer supply than does plentiful.

streams abundant with fish

When might ample be a better fit than abundant?

The words ample and abundant can be used in similar contexts, but ample implies a generous sufficiency to satisfy a particular requirement.

ample food to last the winter

When could copious be used to replace abundant?

While the synonyms copious and abundant are close in meaning, copious stresses largeness of supply rather than fullness or richness.

copious examples of bureaucratic waste

In what contexts can plentiful take the place of abundant?

In some situations, the words plentiful and abundant are roughly equivalent. However, plentiful implies a great or rich supply.

peaches are plentiful this summer

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of abundant Gruber also experiments with a syrup made from local elderflowers, which are abundant in late-spring and early-summer in that part of the world and whose bright, juicy floral qualities mix brilliantly with the exuberant acidity of sparkling wine. Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 10 May 2025 Flavonoids are abundant in foods like tea, apples, oranges, kale, dark chocolate and particularly berries. Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025 And such opportunities are abundant even when resources are scarce. Eric Crosby, Artforum, 1 May 2025 Eastern quolls were once abundant in southeast Australia. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for abundant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abundant
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  • The fruit is plentiful but, as Iwasama points out, not especially tasty.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 9 May 2025
  • Delisting Reasons The reasons for taking a property off the market are plentiful.
    Terri Williams, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Adjective
  • There are going to be ample chances for young linebackers on Denver’s offseason roster to see the field this summer.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 2 May 2025
  • Lounging is an art form here—the infinity pool offers all-day dining and plenty of spaces to relax or opt for a lounge chair along the ample beachfront.
    Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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  • Theater's highest honor, getting recognized with a nomination typically leads to an influx in box office sales, which new musicals desperately need during the crowded spring season.
    Dave Quinn, People.com, 2 May 2025
  • Changing ‘so fast’ In China, though, the field is crowded and cutthroat, with competition sparking a fierce, yearslong price war.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Adjective
  • What makes the piece notable is its exhaustive, generous attention to what might seem—to some—a frivolous subject.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
  • While most grocery store cakes are quarter-sheet cakes, Costco's is a generous half-sheet cake, so it's definitely meant to feed a crowd.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 3 May 2025
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  • With packed rows of congregants, an evangelical bent and technology that wouldn’t feel out of place at a stadium concert, the Gemstones’ megachurch isn’t far off from the real thing.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
  • Nothing in the opening minutes after halftime could quell the momentum that seemed to get worse by the possession in front of a packed house at Intuit Dome.
    Tony Jones, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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  • Why Vontobel’s Quality Still Belongs In Your Portfolio In a world awash with macro noise and short-term speculation, growth investing with Vontobel offers something increasingly rare: discipline, predictability, and compounding resilience.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
  • There is only one gun store in the entire country of Mexico, yet America's southern neighbor is awash in violent crimes perpetrated with millions of firearms made in the United States.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • As judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers writes that finance VP Alex Roman’s testimony was ‘replete with misdirection and outright lies’ on the question of ‘when’ Apple decided to impose a 27% commission on outbound transactions.
    Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
  • The popular neighborhood Toronto bar, inside a brick Victorian building blocks from the University of Toronto’s campus, is replete with billiards tables and a full rack of liquor.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 4 May 2025
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  • Mercifully — and unlike the two terraces behind each goal at Valley Parade in an era when hooliganism was rife in English football — there was no security fence to keep fans penned in.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 May 2025
  • But having never won at Brighton in the top flight, fears of a costly result were rife, especially after losing 4-1 to another rival, Aston Villa, two weeks ago.
    Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025

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“Abundant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abundant. Accessed 18 May. 2025.

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