PROFUSIONS Synonyms: 185 Similar and Opposite Words

profusions

noun

plural of profusion

as in loads

a considerable amount apples grow in profusion in this valley

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Noun

This is the kind of test that quickly separates a power station that merely has an impressive number printed on its case from one with an inverter and battery management system capable of handling tough, real-world loads.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
Data collected from the test rig could allow manufacturers to design heat pumps and heat exchangers for high temperatures, large loads, and changing conditions.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of loads

Noun

For Le Labo, Deborah Royer, global brand president and creative director, said the brand still operates with the mindset of an indie — even a dozen years post-acquisition.

— Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Israeli strikes in northern and southern Gaza killed three Palestinians and wounded at least a dozen others, according to health officials at Gaza hospitals.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of dozens

Noun

Hyatt transformed the resort with six new buildings, including additional guest houses; all 117 rooms have also been overhauled, and there is a new pool as well as tons of new activities and programs.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Movement analysis With tons of byes in the area, there wasn’t a ton of room for movement in the local rankings.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of tons

Noun

There simply wasn’t enough of either scattered across the piles, the team found.

— Mike McRae October 06, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026
Nearby, the neat rows of grapevines and fig trees his family had tended for three generations had vanished under piles of rubble.

— Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of piles

Noun

As the hundreds of thousands of people made their way down the narrow roads following the politician, a few rerouted into the industry event, still carrying big flags and with faces lit up with hope.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Like hundreds of others around the country, the school was closed.

— NICOLAS GARRIGA, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of hundreds

Noun

Last year, detectives infiltrated a private WhatsApp group used to advertise and sell large quantities of drugs, police said.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
Those criteria include having an adequate footprint, ground seismology and access to large quantities of water.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of quantities

Noun

The Hero With a Tragic Backstory Below stars Josh Hartnett as Calvin Penney, a fisherman fallen on hard times who now retrieves chunks of floating Arctic ice to be used in making vodka and reluctantly AirBnBs his home to tourists.

— Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
Add the flour, chocolate chunks and about three-quarters of the broken graham crackers and stir with a rubber spatula until combined and all the flour is absorbed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of chunks

Noun

The recall affects drinks in lots 091026 DL, 091126 DL, 072226 DT, 072426 TL, 073126 TL, 072926 TL, 073026 TL, 081026 TL, 082126 OA, 080126 DL, 082026 DL, 083126 DT, 082526 KM, 090426 KM and 072726 TL.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Nonstop construction, destruction, too, and lots and lots and lots of gold.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

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