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profusion

[ pruh-fyoo-zhuhn ]

/ prəˈfyu ʒən /

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noun

abundance; abundant quantity.

a great quantity or amount (often followed by of).

lavish spending; extravagance.

Words nearby profusion

profound, profoundly deaf, profumo, profundity, profuse, profusion, profusive, prog, prog rock, prog., progametangium

Origin of profusion

1535–45; < Latin profūsiōn- (stem of profūsiō) a pouring out, extravagance, orig. libation; see profuse, fusion

SYNONYMS FOR profusion

1 copiousness, bounty. See plenty.

3 prodigality, profligacy, excess, waste.

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ANTONYMS FOR profusion

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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH profusion

abundance plenty profusion (see synonym study at plenty)perfusion profusion

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Examples from the Web for profusion

Despite the profusion of products, the star—as the U.N. clearly knows—will always be Posh herself.
What The Hell is Posh Spice Doing At The UN?|Tom Sykes|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 2009, he said asylum-seekers "will bring with them a profusion of diseases."
Beholden To The Anti-"Infiltrator" Vote?|Ali Gharib|October 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It explains why fairytales boast such a profusion of curses, dragons, witches, and potions.
Desperately Seeking Prince Charming|Sean Macaulay|September 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The island seemed rich with a profusion of all grasses and low flowers.
Phantastes|George MacDonald

Around the neck and from the head are suspended a profusion of gold coins, chains, and24 other trinkets.
Cyprus|Franz von Lher
They have made their home on a mountain-top, where the snow-flowers bloom in profusion, where the sea can never go.
The Village of Youth|Bessie Hatton
There was food of course in profusion, and there was also, which is not always so common, splendid sauce in the form of appetite.
Wrecked but not Ruined|R.M. Ballantyne
Here a profusion of garments were displayed before his eyes.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks|Bracebridge Hemyng

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