Abundant
/əˈbʌn.dənt/ adj
adj ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
"Blackberries are abundant in this part of the country in October, so we always make lots of jam."
- 2 Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity.
"Abundant in goodness and truth."
- 3 Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.
Adjective
- 1 present in great quantity wordnet
Example
More examples"The district is abundant in natural resources."
Etymology
First attested about 1380. From Middle English abundaunt, habundaunt, aboundant, from Anglo-Norman abundant, from Old French abondant, from Latin abundāns, present participle of abundō (“to overflow, to abound”). Compare abound.