CORNUCOPIAS Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

cornucopias

noun

plural of cornucopia

as in repositories

an abundant source even to the computer-addicted children, the old-fashioned toy chest was a cornucopia of delights

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as in horns

something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container a cornucopia filled with fruits and vegetables in celebration of the harvest

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Recent Examples of cornucopias The Sagrada Familia fuses the universal language of nature — trees, birds, reptiles, cornucopias of fruit — with scenes from Christ's life. — ABC News, 9 June 2026 Come summer, colorful cornucopias of tomatoes, okra, squash, peppers, and more, are ripe for the picking. — Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 22 May 2026

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Noun

That's more in line with tasks that use multipage documents, code repositories, or scientific datasets.

— Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Now, agents remove that constraint by searching across repositories and pulling relevant data into the workflow on the user’s behalf.

— Nick Burling, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of repositories

Noun

With a pair of real horns, one of them plays the bull by gliding toward the fuchsia bullfighting cape.

— Eyder Peralta, NPR, 15 Oct. 2026
These heirlooms, known as tekemets, reflected the full spectrum of steppe values, depicting sacral elements such as koshkar muiz (‘ram horns’ in Kazakh), the foremost symbol of wealth, abundance, and fertility.

— Yulia Denisyuk, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of horns

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China has acquired major gold mines across Latin America, Africa and Asia, according to S&P Global Ratings.

— Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
Its purpose was to serve the silver and gold mines of the San Juan Mountains, but almost immediately the road also began to attract tourists.

— Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of gold mines

Noun

Beyond the inside of tubes and pipes, chalky, crusty alkaline deposits often form around the base of faucets, the outer rims of refrigerator water dispensers, and on the bottom of tea kettles.

— Emily Farris, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Oct. 2026
This drive, through some of Maui’s most beautiful and varied landscapes, passes by lava tubes, small communities, waterfalls, and invites you to slow down.

— Kevin Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2026

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The impoverished Reds work as slave labor in the mines of Mars, while the super-strong Golds rule the solar system and war on each other.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
For example, largely because of the environmental disaster that is Weikuang Dam, the country doesn’t permit the development or operation of stand-alone monazite mines—that is, mines where nothing is mined except monazite ore.

— Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2026

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