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Profuseness

Extravagance; profusion.

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Abundance 76% connected

An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, bu…

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Copiousness 76% connected

The state or quality of being copious; abudance; plenty; also, diffuseness in style.

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Greenness 76% connected

The quality of being green; viridity; verdancy; as, the greenness of grass, or of a meadow.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Overgrowth 76% connected

Excessive growth.

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Verdancy 76% connected

The quality or state of being verdant.

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Verdure 76% connected

Green; greenness; freshness of vegetation; as, the verdure of the meadows in June.

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Wilderness 76% connected

A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pa…

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Profuse 74% connected

Pouring forth with fullness or exuberance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal; giving without stint; as, a profuse government; profuse hospitality.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Profuse 74% connected

Pouring forth with fullness or exuberance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal; giving without stint; as, a profuse government; profuse hospitality.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cornucopia 92% connected

The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Profusion 92% connected

The act of one who is profuse; a lavishing or pouring out without sting.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Richness 92% connected

The quality or state of being rich (in any sense of the adjective).

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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