- overabundance
- noun1. the state of being more than full• Hypernyms: ↑fullness2. a quantity that is more than what is appropriate-
four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy
-we received an inundation of email
• Syn: ↑overmuch, ↑overmuchness, ↑superabundance• Derivationally related forms: ↑superabundant (for: ↑superabundance), ↑overmuch (for: ↑overmuchness), ↑overabundant• Hypernyms: ↑abundance, ↑copiousness, ↑teemingness• Hyponyms:* * *
nsurplus, surfeit, excess, glut, profusion, oversupply,embarras de choix, embarras de richessesFORMAL superfluity, superabundance, plethoraCOLLOQ. too much of a good thing≠ lack, dearth* * *
\\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ nounEtymology: Middle English, from over (III) + abundance, abundaunce abundancean overabundance of experience with totalitarian governments — John Dean
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—overabundant, adj. —overabundantly, adv./oh"veuhr euh bun"deuhns/, n.an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.Syn. excess, surplus, plethora, glut, profusion.* * *
• • •Main Entry: ↑over-
Useful english dictionary. 2012.