overabundant

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌoʊvɚəˈbʌndənt/ UK /ˌəʊvərəˈbʌndənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
present in excessive or more than sufficient quantity

The garden's overabundant zucchini left them giving baskets to neighbors.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · present in excessive or... excessive superabundant surplus plentiful copious profuse superfluous

Opposites

scarce scant insufficient sparse deficient

Word family

Derived forms overabundantlyoverabundance

Related forms abundant abound

Etymology

From over- ('excessively') plus abundant, from Latin abundans ('overflowing'), present participle of abundare ('to overflow'). The over- merely intensifies.

abundāre Latin unda Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# overabundant

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌoʊvɚəˈbʌndənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌəʊvərəˈbʌndənt/

## Meanings
1. present in excessive or more than sufficient quantity

## Examples
- The garden's overabundant zucchini left them giving baskets to neighbors.

## Synonyms
- excessive
- superabundant
- surplus
- plentiful
- copious
- profuse
- superfluous

## Antonyms
- scarce
- scant
- insufficient
- sparse
- deficient

## Derived Forms
- overabundantly
- overabundance

## Related Forms
- abundant
- abound

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: abundāre
- Root: unda

## Etymology
From over- ('excessively') plus abundant, from Latin abundans ('overflowing'), present participle of abundare ('to overflow'). The over- merely intensifies.

## AI Etymology
Overabundant is from over- ('excessively') plus abundant, from Latin abundans ('overflowing'), present participle of abundare ('to overflow'). The over- merely intensifies. Important recorded forms include abundāre (Latin) and unda (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers present in excessive or more than sufficient quantity. The wider family includes derived forms such as overabundantly and overabundance and related words such as abundant and abound.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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