Synonyms of abundance

abundance

noun

ə-ˈbən-dən(t)s 

1

as in loads

a considerable amount

an abundance of flowers for the wedding

grew up with an abundance of cousins

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• plenty
• ton
• wealth
• quantity
• slew
• dozen
• deal
• lot
• bunch
• pile
• chunk
• raft
• bundle
• profusion
• stack
• myriad
• hundred
• plenitude
• multiplicity
• all kinds (of)
• volume
• gobs
• heap
• mountain
• boatload
• mass
• truckload
• yard
• good deal
• bucket
• quite a bit
• fistful
• carload
• plentitude
• bushel
• much
• shipload
• oodles
• store
• pack
• reams
• sight
• sheaf
• basketful
• scads
• pot
• mess
• peck
• lashings
• barrel
• thousands
• spate
• wad
• plateful
• overabundance
• potful
• surplus
• flood
• excess
• passel
• score
• superabundance
• multitude
• plague
• plethora
• surfeit
• sea
• epidemic
• overflow
• rash
• superfluity
• bonanza
• embarrassment
• redundancy
• host
• oversupply
• swarm
• deluge
• crowd
• overkill
• bevy
• flock
• throng
• overage
• million
• horde
• army
• overmuch
• press
• herd
• drove
• crush
• legion
• mob
• cram
• zillion
• gazillion
• trillion
• jillion
• kazillion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• taste
• strain
• handful
• grain
• spot
• suspicion
• touch
• shade
• bit
• ounce
• sprinkling
• hint
• ray
• pittance
• peanuts
• glimmer
• molecule
• shadow
• streak
• pinch
• mite
• mouthful
• fragment
• atom
• particle
• speck
• ace
• trace
• sprinkle
• modicum
• dot
• dram
• scruple
• scrap
• dab
• lick
• mote
• granule
• nip
• whit
• tad
• smattering
• iota
• shred
• crumb
• scintilla
• scarcity
• section
• lack
• jot
• tittle
• little
• smidgen
• absence
• dash
• portion
• drop
• shortage
• morsel
• piece
• poverty
• driblet
• paucity
• shot
• fleck
• flyspeck
• famine
• dearth
• deficiency
• smatter
• nubbin
• insufficiency
• inadequacy
• deficit
• want
• scarceness
• meagerness
• scantiness
• undersupply
• skimpiness
• scantness

2

as in plenty

an amount or supply more than sufficient to meet one's needs

we have an abundance of food, so eat as much as you want

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plenty
• wealth
• superabundance
• plenitude
• plethora
• embarrassment of riches
• feast
• plentitude
• cornucopia
• sufficiency
• surplus
• richness
• adequacy
• competence
• amplitude
• excess
• competency
• liberality
• fecundity
• fertility
• opulence
• overdose
• surfeit
• overflow
• fruitfulness
• oversupply
• superfluity
• luxuriance
• copiousness
• overkill
• redundancy
• superfluousness
• ampleness
• lavishness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deficiency
• insufficiency
• scarcity
• inadequacy
• poverty
• paucity
• undersupply
• sterility
• infertility
• barrenness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of abundance

The abundance critique is that there are abundant opportunities to grow being held back by excessive regulation, planning and conditions of the sort mentioned above, which can create inertia in the system. — Mariana Mazzucato, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

An unspecified police investigation near West Platte School District in Weston prompted the district to close for the day out of an abundance of caution. — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026

The cost of living in Washington is much higher than in many other states, but for some, the abundance of natural beauty, access to higher education, lack of state income tax, and sustainability initiatives are worth the extra cost. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2026

Villanova's campus was put on lockdown for roughly an hour out of an abundance of caution. — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026