Abundant
By harvest time, the trees are heavy with fruit and the market stalls have more than enough to sell. This adjective describes a supply that is plentiful rather than scarce.
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Existing or available in large quantities; plentiful or more than sufficient.
Memory trick
Picture a basket so full that fruit spills over the edge. Abundant means plentiful, and its Latin root describes overflowing.
Examples
The region has abundant resources.
Abundant rainfall filled the reservoirs before the dry season.
The report provides abundant evidence that the new treatment reduces symptoms.
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Etymology
From Latin abundans, from abundare "to overflow," formed from ab- "away" + unda "wave."
Usage Notes
Used for resources, supplies, wildlife, opportunities, and evidence available in large amounts. In SSC antonym questions, compare abundant with scarce or scant; plentiful and ample are useful synonym pairs.
Real-life contexts
Describe supply: "Fresh produce is abundant at this time of year."
Discuss evidence: "There is abundant evidence for that conclusion."
Describe a place: "The valley is abundant in wildlife."
Common Mistakes
Use abundant as an adjective and abundance as a noun: "abundant food" but "an abundance of food." "Abundant in" means rich in something. Choose numerous only for countable things, not for a mass noun such as water.
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Part of Speech
adjective
Difficulty
intermediate