abundance

1. 1.

   the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply

   “an age of abundance”

   Synonymscopiousnessteemingness

   Antonymsscarcity

   Broaderquantity

   Narroweramplitudeplentyprofusionwealthluxurianceoverabundance
2. 2.

   (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present

   Broaderratio

   physics

3. 3.

   (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million

   Broaderratio

   chemistry

Other forms of abundance

plural

abundances·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about abundance

What does abundance mean?

abundance means "the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in abundance?

abundance has 3 syllables: a-bun-dance. The stress falls on "bun". In IPA it is /əˈbʌndəns/.

What is another word for abundance?

Close synonyms include copiousness, teemingness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of abundance?

The recorded antonyms are scarcity.

Is abundance a common word?

abundance is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with abundance?

1 word rhymes with abundance. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.