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plethora
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of PLETHORA
1
an amount or supply more than sufficient to meet one's needs <a biology textbook that is helpfully illustrated with a plethora of excellent illustrations>
Related Words adequacy, competence, competency, sufficiency; ampleness, amplitude, liberality; excess, overdose, overflow, overkill, oversupply, redundancy, superfluity, superfluousness, surfeit, surplus; copiousness, fecundity, fertility, fruitfulness, opulence, richness; lavishness, luxuriance
2
the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed <the author offers a plethora of detail that tends to overwhelm the reader>
Synonyms bellyful, fat, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, overplus, oversupply, plethora, plus, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, surplusage
Related Words abundance, bounty, plentitude, plenty, profusion, sufficiency; overproduction, overstock
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