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abundant

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of abundant

1 being more than enough without being excessive

  • claimed that the needy were already receiving abundant help from both the government and charitable organizations
Synonyms of abundant

ample, aplenty, bounteous, bountiful, comfortable, cornucopian, galore, generous, liberal, plenteous, plentiful, plenty
Words Related to abundant

extra, supernumerary, surplus

abounding, blooming, overflowing, plump, replete, rich, rife, teeming, wealthy

adequate, enough, sufficient

fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, luxuriant, prodigal, prolific

copious, fulsome, lavish, profuse
Phrases Synonymous with abundant

all kinds of, thick on the ground
Near Antonyms of abundant

deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, wanting

meager (or meagre), niggardly, stingy

skimpy

least, minimum

light, slight, small

barren, infertile, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive
Antonyms of abundant

bare, minimal, scant, spare

2 possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified

  • a savory soup that is abundant with kale, potatoes, and linguica
Synonyms of abundant

abounding, awash, flush, fraught, lousy, replete, rife, swarming, teeming, thick, thronging
Words Related to abundant

brimming, bulging, bursting, chock-full (or chockful), crammed, crowded, fat, filled, full, jammed, jam-packed, loaded, packed, saturated, stuffed

clogged, congested, overcrowded, overfilled, overflowing, overfull, overladen, overloaded, overstuffed, surfeited

alive, animated, astir, bustling, busy, buzzing, humming, lively
Near Antonyms of abundant

bare, barren, blank, devoid, empty, stark, vacant, void

depleted, drained, exhausted

deficient, incomplete, insufficient, short

Synonym Discussion of abundant

plentiful, ample, abundant, copious mean more than sufficient without being excessive. plentiful implies a great or rich supply.
    • peaches are plentiful this summer
ample implies a generous sufficiency to satisfy a particular requirement.
    • ample food to last the winter
abundant suggests an even greater or richer supply than does plentiful.
    • streams abundant with fish
copious stresses largeness of supply rather than fullness or richness.
    • copious examples of bureaucratic waste

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