profusion C2+ Topic:Numbers & Quantity US /prəˈfjuʒən/ UK /prəˈfjuːʒən/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun an abundant or excessive quantity of something The garden burst with a profusion of roses in June. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an abundant or excessive... abundancewealthplethoraglutplentysuperabundancecopiousnesscornucopia ↔ Opposites scarcitydearthpaucitylackshortage Word family Related forms profuseprofusely Etymology AI details From Latin profusio ('a pouring out'), from profundere ('to pour forth'), from pro- ('forth') + fundere ('to pour'). profusio Latin fundere Latin *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Numbers & Quantity Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # profusion **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /prəˈfjuʒən/ **IPA (UK):** /prəˈfjuːʒən/ ## Meanings 1. an abundant or excessive quantity of something ## Examples - The garden burst with a profusion of roses in June. ## Synonyms - abundance - wealth - plethora - glut - plenty - superabundance - copiousness - cornucopia ## Antonyms - scarcity - dearth - paucity - lack - shortage ## Related Forms - profuse - profusely ## Roots and Affixes - Root: profusio - Root: fundere - Root: *ǵʰew- ## Etymology From Latin profusio ('a pouring out'), from profundere ('to pour forth'), from pro- ('forth') + fundere ('to pour'). ## AI Etymology Profusion is from Latin profusio ('a pouring out'), from profundere ('to pour forth'), from pro- ('forth') + fundere ('to pour'). Important recorded forms include profusio (Latin), fundere (Latin), and *ǵʰew- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers an abundant or excessive quantity of something. The wider family includes related words such as profuse and profusely. ## Topics - Numbers & Quantity - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown