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To abound - intransitive, to abound with or in something, abundance, abundant, abundantly.

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To exist or be available in large quantities, to be plentiful; to be plentifully supplied with something.

“A swamp in which snakes abound.”
“The gardens abound with flowers, the fields abound in corn.”

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Affluent, affluently.

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Especially of a group or an area: having a great deal of money, wealthy; of water: flowing freely or in great quantity.

“The affluent societies of the western world.”
“He replied that the water was affluent and that they had not reviewed this in detail.”

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Ample, ampleness (U).

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Enough or more than enough, plentiful; large and accommodating, of a person’s figure: large, often in an attractive way.

“There is ample time for discussion.”
“An ample supply of consumer goods.”
“He leaned back in his ample chair.”
“An ample breast.”

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The bounty, bounteous, bountiful, bounteously, bountifully.

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Generosity; a generous gift; a reward or a premium.
Adjective: Generous; plentiful, abundant.

“For millennia the people along the Nile have depended entirely on its bounty.”
“The bounties of nature.”
“The earth yields a bounteous harvest.”
“The ocean provided a bountiful supply of fresh food.”

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Copious, copiousness, copiously.

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Abundant, profuse in speech or idea.

“She took copious notes.”
“I had been a little too copious in talking of my country.”

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Luxuriant, luxuriance, luxuriantly.

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Of vegetation: rich and profuse in growth, lush; of hair/moustache: thick and healthy.

“Forests of dark, luxuriant foliage.”
“She tossed her luxuriant dark hair.”

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Multifarious, multifariousness, multifariousness.

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Of great diversity or great variety; having many varied parts or aspects.

“He engaged in multifarious activities, including politics, horticulture, and gold-refining.”
“This is a multifarious organization.”

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A myriad of something, myriad (adjective).

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A countless or extremely great number of people or things.
Extremely great in number; having countless aspects.

“Myriads of insects danced around the light above my head.”
“He gazed at the myriad lights of the city.”
“The myriad political scene.”

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Opulence, opulent, opulently.

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Great wealth or luxuriousness.
Adjective: Ostentatiously costly and luxurious; wealthy.

“There were rooms of spectacular opulence.”
“The opulent comfort of a limousine.”
“His more opulent tenants.”

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Pecunious.

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Having plenty of money, financially well-off; US: thrifty, avaricious.

“My grandmother is pecunious.”

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Plenteous, plenteousness, plenteously.

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Plentiful.

“The meal was astonishingly plenteous.”

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Plenty of something, plenty, plenty (adverb).

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A large or sufficient amount or quantity, more than enough.
Mass noun: A situation in which food and other necessities are available in sufficiently large quantities.
Adverb: Used to emphasize the degree of something.

“I would have plenty of time to get home before my parents arrived.”
“There are shops in plenty.”
“That way he has plenty to feed himself, as well as some of his garden’s pests.”
“She has plenty more ideas.”

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Plentiful, plentifully.

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Existing in great quantities, abundant.

“Coal is cheap and plentiful.”
“Animals were plentiful for hunting.”

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A plethora of something, plethoric.

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A large or excessive amount of something.

“A plethora of committees and subcommittees.”

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Profuse in something, profuseness, profusely.

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Especially of something offered or discharged :very plentiful, abundant; of a person: extravagant.

“I offered my profuse apologies.”
“My brother and his wife were profuse in their appreciation.”

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Prosperous, prosperity, prosperously.

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Successful in material terms, flourishing financially; bringing wealth and success.

"Prosperous middle-class professionals."
"We wish you a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year."
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To superabound - intransitive,superabundance, superabundant, superabundantly.

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To abound abnormally.
Adjective: more formal term for overabundant.

“The capitalists do not need to combine when labour superabounds.”
“Silicon is superabundant in this region.”

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To be surfeited with, a surfeit of something.

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To cause someone to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess.
An excess, an excessive amount.

“I am surfeited with shopping.”
“A surfeit of food and drink.”

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Replete with something.

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Filled or well-supplied with something.
Very full of or sated by food.

“This movie is replete with adultery and sudden death”
“I went out into the sun-drenched streets again, replete and relaxed.”

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To glut something, a glut of something.

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To supply or fill to excess.
An excessively abundant supply of something.

“The roads are glutted with cars.”
“There is a glut of cars on the market.”

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A surplus of something, surplus.

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An excess of production or supply.
More than what is needed or used; excess.

“Exports of food surpluses.”
“Make the most of your surplus cash.”

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To teem with something, teeming.

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To be full of or swarming with something.
Adjective: abounding in something; dense or crowded.

“Every garden is teeming with wildlife.”
“She walked briskly through the teeming streets.”
“The streets of Saigon teem with people, noises, and smells like no other city in Asia.”

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To swarm - intransitive, to swarm with something, a swarm of something, swarming.

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To move somewhere in large numbers; of honeybees, ants or termites: to issue from nest in large numbers in order to mate and found new colonies; to be crowed or overrun with something.
Adjective: a large number of something.

“Protesters were swarming into the building.”
“The bees had swarmed and left the hive.”
“The place was swarming with police.”
“A swarm of journalists.”

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Liberal, liberal with something.

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Given, used, or occurring in generous amounts; of a person: giving generously.

“Liberal amounts of wine had been consumed.”
“Sam was too liberal with the wine.”

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Exuberant, exuberantly.

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Growing luxuriantly or profusely; full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness.

“The exuberant foliage.”
“A noisy bunch of exuberant youngsters.”

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Inexhaustible, inexhaustibility, inexhaustibly.

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Of an amount or supply of something: unable to be used up because existing in abundance.

“They seem to have an inexhaustible supply of energy and a considerable willpower.”

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To be two/ten a penny, to be a dime a dozen.

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To be plentiful but of little value.

“Museums of modern art are two a penny in contemporary-art land.”
“In Europe, cable-cars are almost two a penny, but they are extremely rare in the USA.”
“Antique toy cars are ten a penny nowadays.”

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To be thick/thin on the ground.

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To exist in large/small numbers or amounts.

“Good men are thin on the ground.”
“Others argue that allied troops are too thin on the ground to make any difference.”

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Lush, lushness, lushly.

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Of vegetation, especially grass: growing luxuriantly; very rich and providing great sensory pleasure; British informal: sexually attractive; very good or impressive.

“Lush greenery and cultivated fields.”
“A combination of lush colours and fine detail make for a memorable set of images.”
“She has a lush body.”
“I had some really lush presents.”

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Multitudinous.

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Very numerous; consisting of or containing many individuals or elements; of a body of water: vast.

“There were multitudinous awards celebrating his life’s work.”
“The multitudinous array of chemical substances that exist in the natural world.”