SUPERABUNDANCE Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

superabundance

noun

Definition of superabundance

as in abundance

an amount or supply more than sufficient to meet one's needs a superabundance of donations flowed in after the family's plight was seen on national TV

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as in surplus

the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed a superabundance of applicants for a limited number of jobs

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Recent Examples of superabundance Perhaps the threat wasn’t quite so dire, or its parameters were not well-enough defined, and the Secret Service acted out of a superabundance of caution. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2026 Three grasses—rice, maize, and wheat—account for 90 percent of this superabundance, supplying us with two thirds of food calories. — Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026 This willful overreach is more or less business as usual for Albarn and his old housemate Hewlett, who, by conceiving this cartoon combo of multiracial punks in 1998, advanced a vision of pop hybridity that anticipated our age of cultural superabundance. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2026

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Noun

But these mergers are far too rare to explain the abundance of heavier elements in the universe.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
December Come to Sicily for the citrus harvest, when menus abound with an abundance of local varieties.

— Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of abundance

Noun

Any business can be people-owned and operated, with surplus revenue going back to the customers and employees instead of to shareholders.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026
Menswear publications also began spotlighting military surplus liners as standalone jackets rather than removable insulation, and the style eventually expanded into designer collections and shopping guides.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of surplus

Noun

One was Larry Page, the 53-year-old Google cofounder who had ties to California for decades and began severing them after the wealth tax proposal.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
The incredible genius of the US is its ability to hoover up investments from everyone — from sovereign wealth funds, to private individuals, to retail, down to the youngest investor.

— Shelly Banjo, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of wealth

Noun

Trump is right to want to tame inequality, scale back some of the excesses of globalization, and secure supply chains of critical goods.

— Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026
In the 40 years since, every facet of Spacemen 3’s story has been turned over and generously embellished, resulting in an excess of grandeur and foresight projected onto the duo at the heart of it.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026

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