PLETHORA
Dictionary entry overview: What does plethora mean? • PLETHORA (noun)
The noun PLETHORA has 1 sense:
1. extreme excess
Familiarity information: PLETHORA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PLETHORA (noun)
Meaning:
Extreme excess
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
overplus; plethora; superfluity; embarrassment
Context example:
an embarrassment of riches
Hypernyms ("plethora" is a kind of...):
excess; excessiveness; inordinateness (immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plethora"):
redundance; redundancy (the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded)
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