Synonyms for superabundance
- noun
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Noun
surfeit, overabundance, superfluity, excess, abundance, glut, plethora, surplus, exuberance, overflow, overmuch, redundancy, oversupply, repletion, luxuriance, superflux, profusion, overmuchness dated
Definitions
- n. 1
An extreme abundance; abundance to a vast degree that seems almost excessive.
We have not merely an abundance, but a superabundance of enemies at this time; they will need to stand in line to disagree with us.
Forms
- Plural
- superabundances → surfeits, overabundances, superfluities, excesses…
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Overplus and superabundance denote in the main a satisfactory, and superfluity an undesirable, excess; lavishness and profusion, a generous, bountiful, or amiable excess; as, a profusion of fair hair; lavishness of hospitality.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- excess The load of the truck was in excess of three tons.
- overabundance I read the article "An Overabundance of Low-density Neptune-like Planets."
- surfeit A surfeit of alternatives leads to a bad choice.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| superabundance | falling | |
| excess | falling | |
| overabundance | rising | |
| surfeit | steady | |
| superfluity | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- glut1
- 6 letters
- excess2
- 7 letters
- surplus2, surfeit2
- 8 letters
- overflow3, plethora3, overmuch
- 9 letters
- abundance3, profusion3, repletion, superflux
- 10 letters
- redundancy4, exuberance4, oversupply4, luxuriance
- 11 letters
- superfluity
- 12 letters
- overmuchness
- 13 letters
- overabundance5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (excess2 = 2 syllables).