Abundant
[ə'bʌnd(ə)nt] or [ə'bʌndənt]
Definition
(adj.) present in great quantity; 'an abundant supply of water' .
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Definition
(a.) Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; -- followed by in, rarely by with.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Abounding, flowing, overflowing, plentiful, plenteous, copious, much, exuberant, luxuriant, replete, full, large, ample, good, liberal, bountiful, lavish, rich, teeming, thick.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Plentiful, copious, plenteous, large, ample, overflowing, teeming, full,lavish, luxuriant, bountiful, abounding, profuse, liberal, rich
ANT:Rare, scarce, scant, deficient, short, insufficient, niggardly, sparing, dry,drained, exhausted, impoverished
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Examples
- Medina was a comparatively well-watered town, and possessed abundant date groves; its inhabitants were Yemenites, from the fertile land to the south. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In such regions, there is an accumulation of water, and a well dug there would have an abundant supply of water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There were abundant different sorts of an order of shellfish called brachiopods. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They also bear abundant evidence of the compatibility of these two widely divergent gifts existing, even to a high degree, in the same person. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- From the delicate hair spring of a watch to the massive armor plate of a battleship, it finds endless applications, and is nature’s most enduring gift to man--abundant, cheap, and lasting. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Yes, answered Gutenberg, it is in effect a wine-press, but it shall shortly spout forth floods of the most abundant and marvelous liquor that has ever flowed to quench the thirst of man. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He seemed to take pleasure in his social functions, he smiled, and was abundant in hospitality. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There are also abundant arrow heads. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Of these minerals, beryl, garnet and tourmaline are the most abundant. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It was now abundant and now scarce. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He took Tom's trunk, which contained a very neat and abundant wardrobe, to the forecastle, where it was soon surrounded by various hands of the boat. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The kelps are abundant, covering thousands of square miles in the Pacific Ocean, from Mexico to the Arctic Ocean. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The most abundant matter that passes over with it is tar. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The ice was receding, vegetation was increasing, big game of all sorts was becoming more abundant. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Those metals are said to have become more abundant in America, since the suppression of some of their paper currencies. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They were neither so abundant nor so civilized as the still more widely diffused Greeks, but they had a tradition of greater solidarity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And then Caddy Jellyby came down, and Caddy brought such a packet of domestic news that it gave us abundant occupation. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- When next we find abundant traces of the land plants and the land animals of the earth, this great multitude of reptile species had gone. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Of all the vast group of salts, the most abundant as well as the most important is common salt, known technically as sodium chloride because of its two constituents, sodium and chlorine. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The abundant remains of these first swamp forests constitute the main coal-measures of the world to-day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I sometimes think if an abundant gush of happiness came on me I could revive yet. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Allow me to retrench something from these too abundant supplies. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Monseigneur in the Country A beautiful landscape, with the corn bright in it, but not abundant. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Other foods, like peas and beans, not only satisfy the appetite, but supply to the body abundant nourishment. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- As she spoke, Jo took off her bonnet, and a general outcry arose, for all her abundant hair was cut short. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Although oxygen constitutes only one fifth of the atmosphere, it is one of the most abundant and widely scattered of all substances. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Other plant products, such as nuts, have fat as their most abundant food constituent. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Iron cannon were still of small size and not very abundant, and they did not play a decisive part as yet in warfare. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They are said, likewise, to have been more abundant before the institution of those currencies. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Of this preparation a tolerably abundant plateful was apportioned to each pupil. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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