abundant
Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
Word facts
Definition of Abundant
Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity.
Example sentences
The garden produced an abundant harvest of tomatoes this year.
Fresh water was abundant near the mountain spring.
Using Abundant well
A closer look at how abundant is used — meaning in plain English, how close synonyms differ, and examples at different levels.
Present in very large amounts; more than enough.
Reach for 'abundant' when you want to stress that something exists in generous, plentiful supply — often nature, resources, or opportunities. It fits descriptive, slightly formal writing better than casual speech.
Common in nature writing, science and economics, and descriptions of resources or supply (e.g. 'abundant rainfall', 'abundant evidence').
Don't confuse 'abundant' with 'redundant'; they look similar but 'redundant' means unnecessary or repeated, not plentiful.
- plentiful
- very close, slightly plainer and warmer — everyday word for 'plenty available'
- ample
- softer — means 'enough and a bit more', not overflowing
- copious
- more formal and bookish, often stresses sheer quantity produced ('copious notes')
- profuse
- leans toward excess or pouring out freely ('profuse apologies', 'profuse bleeding')
- bountiful
- literary and positive — carries a sense of generous, welcome plenty
- scarce
- stronger opposite — not just low but hard to find
- sparse
- thinly spread out rather than simply little
- meager
- emphasizes disappointingly small, inadequate amount
- Beginner There was abundant food at the party, so no one went hungry.
- In writing The valley's abundant rainfall keeps its forests green long after neighboring regions have dried out.
- Advanced Evidence for the theory is now so abundant that skeptics have been reduced to quibbling over details.
'Abundant' shares its root with 'abound' — think of water that 'abounds', overflowing everywhere.
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What does abundant mean?
Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing. It is an adjective.
How many syllables does abundant have?
Abundant breaks into 3 syllables — uh·buhn·duhnt — when you say it aloud.
What part of speech is abundant?
Abundant works as an adjective. As an adjective, it describes or modifies a noun.
What are synonyms for abundant?
You can often swap abundant for ample, bountiful, copious, exuberant, though each carries a slightly different shade of meaning.
How do you use abundant in a sentence?
Example: "The garden produced an abundant harvest of tomatoes this year."