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COPIOUSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
Example:
an age of abundance
Synonyms:
abundance; copiousness; teemingness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("copiousness" is a kind of...):
quantity (an adequate or large amount)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "copiousness"):
amplitude; bountifulness; bounty (the property of copious abundance)
plenitude; plenteousness; plentifulness; plentitude; plenty (a full supply)
cornucopia; profuseness; profusion; richness (the property of being extremely abundant)
wealth (the quality of profuse abundance)
lushness; luxuriance; voluptuousness (the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses)
overabundance; overmuch; overmuchness; superabundance (a quantity that is more than what is appropriate)
Derivation:
copious (affording an abundant supply)
copious (large in number or quantity (especially of discourse))
