OVERABUNDANCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A quantity that is more than what is appropriate

Example:

we received an inundation of email

Synonyms:

overabundance; overmuch; overmuchness; superabundance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("overabundance" is a kind of...):

abundance; copiousness; teemingness (the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "overabundance"):

excess; nimiety; surplus; surplusage (a quantity much larger than is needed)

glut; oversupply; surfeit (the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall)

bellyful (an undesirable overabundance)

Derivation:

overabundant (excessively abundant)

Meaning:

The state of being more than full

Synonyms:

excess; overabundance; surfeit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("overabundance" is a kind of...):

fullness (the condition of being filled to capacity)