Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for superabound

superabound

[ soo-per-uh-bound ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to abound beyond something else.
  2. to be very abundant or too abundant (usually followed by in or with ).


superabound

/ ˌsuːpərəˈbʌndəns; ˌsuːpərəˈbaʊnd /

verb

  1. intr to abound abnormally; be in surplus
  2. rare.
    to be more abundant than (something else)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Discover More

Derived Forms

  • superabundance, noun
  • ˌsuperaˈbundant, adjective
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of superabound1

1400–50; late Middle English superabounden < Late Latin superabundāre, equivalent to super- super- + abundāre to abound
Discover More

Example Sentences

They lavish on their masters, with the best grace in the world, the nutritious juices with which their bodies superabound.

The more population abounds, the more will subsistence superabound, is his comfortable counter-proposition to Malthusianism.

It is possible that nitrates may superabound in the soil from the oxydizement of the nitrogen of a superfluity of ammonia.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


superablesuperabsorbent