abundant

Meaning

Adjective

• Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
• Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity.
• Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.

Related

Similar words

• ample (see here for explanation of distinctions)
• bountiful
• copious
• exuberant
• liberal
• overflowing
• plenteous
• plentiful
• profuse
• rich
• teeming

Origin

• First attested about 1380. From Middle English abundaunt, habundaunt, aboundant, from Anglo-Norman abundant, from Old French abondant, from Latin abundāns, present participle of abundo. Compare abound.