ABUNDANT

abundant

(adjective) present in great quantity; “an abundant supply of water”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

abundant (comparative more abundant, superlative most abundant)

Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

• [W]ith their magical words they [poets] bring forth to our eyesight the abundant images and beauties of creation. — Leigh Hunt, On the Realities of Imagination

Antonyms: rare, scarce

Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

(mathematics) Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

Antonym: deficient

Usage notes

• (richly supplied): Normally followed by the word in or (obsolete) of.

Synonyms

• ample (see here for explanation of distinctions)

• bountiful

• copious

• exuberant

• liberal

• overflowing

• plenteous

• plentiful

• profuse

• rich

• teeming

• See also abundant

Source: Wiktionary


A*bun"dant, a. Etym: [OE. (h)abundant, aboundant, F. abondant, fr. L. abudans, p. pr. of abundare. See Abound.]

Definition: Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; -- followed by in, rarely by with. "Abundant in goodness and truth." Exod. xxxiv. 6. Abundant number (Math.), a number, the sum of whose aliquot parts exceeds the number itself. Thus, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, the aliquot parts of 12, make the number 16. This is opposed to a deficient number, as 14, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2, 7, the sum of which is 10; and to a perfect number, which is equal to the sum of its aliquot parts, as 6, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2., 3.

Syn.

– Ample; plentiful; copious; plenteous; exuberant; overflowing; rich; teeming; profuse; bountiful; liberal. See Ample.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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