abounding

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UK, US/əˈbaʊn.dɪŋ/

adjective

Ample, plenty, abundant.

“abounding food”

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveabounding (comparative more abounding, superlative most abounding)

comparative more abounding · superlative most abounding

  1. Ample, plenty, abundant.

    abounding food

    2 more examples

    an abounding stream

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:abounding.

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of abound
nounabounding (plural aboundings)

plural aboundings

  1. An abundance.

    Sin in its own nature tendeth to nothing, but the ruine and eternal destruction of a Soul: it must be from the aboundings of grace, if any good come to the soul from sin […]

    1678, John Collinges, Several Discourses Concerning the Actual Providence of God

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveexisting in abundance

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian обилен, изобилен
  • обилен (obilen)ample, plenteous, plenty
  • изобилен (izobilen)ample, plenteous, plenty
  • излишен (izlišen)ample, plenteous, plenty
Dutch overvloedig, zeer productief
  • overvloedigample, plenteous, plenty
  • zeer productiefample, plenteous, plenty
  • uiterst rijkample, plenteous, plenty
  • gevaarlijk gezwollenample, plenteous, plenty
Finnish yltäkylläinen, runsas
  • yltäkylläinenample, plenteous, plenty
  • runsasample, plenteous, plenty
German reichlich
  • reichlichample, plenteous, plenty
Latin abundans, largus
  • abundansample, plenteous, plenty
  • largusample, plenteous, plenty
Russian изоби́лующий
  • изоби́лующий (izobílujuščij)ample, plenteous, plenty
Cite this entry
APA

abounding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abounding

MLA

“abounding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abounding. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abounding,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abounding.

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