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plethora

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of plethora

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

a biology textbook that is helpfully illustrated with a plethora of excellent illustrations

Synonyms of plethora

abundance, cornucopia, feast, plenitude, plentitude, plenty, superabundance, wealth

Words Related to plethora

adequacy, competence, competency, sufficiency

ampleness, amplitude, liberality

excess, overdose, overflow, overkill, oversupply, redundancy, superfluity, superfluousness, surfeit, surplus

copiousness, fecundity, fertility, fruitfulness, opulence, richness

lavishness, luxuriance

Phrases Synonymous with plethora

embarrassment of riches

Near Antonyms of plethora

paucity, poverty, scarcity

barrenness, infertility, sterility

Antonyms of plethora

deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency, undersupply

2 the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed

the author offers a plethora of detail that tends to overwhelm the reader

Synonyms of plethora

bellyful, excess, fat, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, overplus, oversupply, plus, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, surplusage

Words Related to plethora

abundance, bounty, plentitude, plenty, profusion, sufficiency

overproduction, overstock

Near Antonyms of plethora

dearth, lack, scarcity, want

Antonyms of plethora

deficiency, deficit, insufficiency, undersupply

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