Abundance

n. hopeful, joyful everyday

What it means

A supply so plentiful that there is comfortably more than the situation requires.

Reach for it when highlighting welcome plenty in resources, opportunities, or living things

An abundance of volunteers allowed every child to receive individual help.

Words to choose between 7

By register, from playful at the top to literary at the bottom. Tap a word to see when it fits.
playful
everyday
  • Abundance (this word)
  • plenty
warm
professional
formal
literary
  • playful

    cornucopia

    Fits when a colorful variety invites exuberant description

    Careful Cornucopia sounds showy in a sober inventory report.

  • everyday

    plenty

    Fits when the message should feel simple, relaxed, and reassuring

    Careful Plenty lacks the precision expected in scientific or financial quantities.

  • warm

    richness

    Fits when quality, depth, or variety is the source of plenty

    Careful Richness does not specify that the amount exceeds need.

  • warm

    wealth

    Fits when variety and richness matter as much as sheer amount

    Careful Wealth can be misread as money when the subject is ideas.

  • professional

    ample supply

    Fits when you mean enough stock to meet a defined need

    Careful An ample supply may merely be sufficient, not truly abundant.

  • formal

    plentitude

    Fits when the prose calls for an elevated sense of fullness

    Careful This rare word may distract readers seeking plain guidance.

  • literary

    profusion

    Fits when many visible things create a lush or striking display

    Careful Profusion can hint at excess in a tightly managed setting.

Opposites 3

  • scarcity
  • shortage
  • lack

Common phrases 3

  • an abundance of choices

    The market offers an abundance of choices from nearby farms.

  • natural abundance

    Careful stewardship restored the bay's natural abundance.

  • in abundance

    Wild mint grows in abundance beside the shaded stream.

Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Dvortygirl, American accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Updated